By Fetien Abay and Tareke Berhe The global food system is currently dominated by just three staple crops: maize, wheat, and rice. Food and nutrition …
Uganda’s groundnut farms face risks from climate change but their number one threat is the groundnut rosette virus, according to Dr. David Kalule Okello. Dr. …
Food security isn’t just about producing enough calories. It’s also about ensuring that food is nutritious and safe to eat–and preventing the emergence of super-bugs …
In 2011 a farmer-led organization based in London called Producers Direct launched Wefarm, the world’s first digital networking service designed by and exclusively for smallholder …
Governments in sub-Saharan Africa frequently give two bits of advice to smallholder farmers hoping to improve crop yields: apply more fertilizer, or use more irrigation. …
From late September to mid-October sporadic cases of avian influenza were reported at poultry farms in South Africa, China, parts of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Israel, …
By Bharat Bhandari and Shree Prasad Neupane The Hard Life of the Chepang, Nepal’s Mountain Farmers The Chepang, an indigenous community of more than 68,000 …
Mobile phones are ubiquitous today, and not only in richer nations. Consumers in developing countries have embraced smartphones and flip phones, and these nations could …
