Developing Better Cowpeas, with Gender and Youth Concerns at the Forefront
By Michael M. Chipeta (Ph.D.) Cowpea, a leguminous crop, is grown in most parts of the world but a substantial volume of production and consumption occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Most […]
Jatropha: Haiti’s next big food crop?
Reached this article by mistake? Click here to access the pearl millet article. Only a few short years ago many on Wall Street were convinced that the jatropha plant […]
A Looming Famine in Madagascar Linked to Climate Change and More
Last Friday Stéphane Dujarric, the top spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, took time from his daily noon press briefing to steer reporters’ attention toward a food-security disaster in the […]
Expect Climate Chaos for Smallholder Farmers—IPCC
Last week the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its latest look at the science surrounding climate change and future climate scenarios. As usual, the news is […]
Under the Sea: Fighting Hunger by Farming the Ocean
What kind of innovation would both improve food security and fight climate change? Sahil Shah thinks he has the answer: seaweed. Many varieties of seaweed are already widely consumed in […]
Can Pigeon Peas Kill Two Birds with One Stone?
“It is a dense source of nutrients and plays a promising role in human nutrition.” First cultivated on the Indian subcontinent some 3,500 years ago, the pigeon pea is now […]
Farmers gain a healthy appetite for biofortified crops
By Busani Bafana Farmer James Rusike loves white maize, the corn variety that’s the national staple here. But he’s since grown to love a different kind of maize: vitamin A-biofortified […]
HAL Can Help You Grow Food
In American pop culture artificial intelligence, or AI, is often portrayed as an ominous force, as machines that think like people but only far better and quicker, and with malicious […]
The State of Global Food Security: From Bad to Worse
“The pandemic made the pathway towards our goal even steeper,” said UN Food and Agriculture Organization director Qu Dongyu during a recent online gathering, referring to the goal of ensuring […]
An Urban Smallholder Farming Miracle—Just Add Water
Venensia Mukarati calls herself an accountant by profession but a farmer by passion. Raised on a farm herself, Mukarati knows well the challenges that have plagued farming in her native […]
