Automated plant cultivation in the greenhouse is the future
(DLG).Indoor farming has established itself as a visionary model in the transformation towards more sustainable agriculture. The modern and increasingly vertical greenhouses require a...
East Africa Community launches agri-export campaign to create awareness on market opportunities
The East African Community (EAC) has initiated a campaign aimed at raising awareness about the trade opportunities in agricultural exports generated by the EU-EAC...
New Vision Programme Will Test the Sight of 47,500 Rural Zambians
Today VisionSpring, Live Well (affiliated with CARE International) and the Council of Churches Zambia (CCZ) officially launched the Reading Glasses for Improved Livelihoods (RGIL)...
Spatial technology creates opportunities for vulnerable small-scale food producers as IFAD and ESA join...
The UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have stepped up their partnership to help vulnerable small-scale food...
Study exposes the stark reality of drought resilience among smallholder livestock farmers
The agricultural sector is marked by farmers’ daily struggles, including price hikes, food security, climate change effects, and pest and disease outbreaks.
Prof Yonas T...
Food security and nutrition receive a boost in Mozambique
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Mozambique signed two grant agreements with a combined value of US$4.2 million. These...
Kenya plans to borrow key lessons from Colombia to boost its coffee production
Kenya has announced that it will work with Colombia to borrow coffee production and value addition lessons from the South American nation.
This follows a...
Developing Proper Irrigation to Avoid Soil Erosion on Farms
Improper irrigation techniques can wash away soil as much as heavy rain can. But watering crops is often crucial to their survival, so farmers...
Sustainable agriculture at a crossroads, many practices are ROI-positive but major barriers to adoption...
New research released today by McKinsey & Company indicates that about 50 percent of the reduction in on-farm agricultural emissions required for a 1.5°C...
Action Against Hunger’s Farmer Field School program building self-reliance communities in Uganda
Farmer Field School, a program initiated about four years ago in Uganda by Action Against Hunger, a global humanitarian organization, is now building self-reliance...