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Rodent Control – The Natural Way

August 29, 2022 No Comments

Most efforts to support smallholder farmers focus on initiatives and innovations deployable in the daytime. Few innovators think up interventions that work mainly at night,

Asia

Bring Back the Chocolate: Building a Better Cocoa Bean in Malaysia

August 2, 2022 No Comments

Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, and White Day wouldn’t be the same without cacao. And smallholder farming in Malaysia isn’t the same as it was back

Asia

Farm Certification Schemes – Do They Work?

August 2, 2022 No Comments

Smallholder farming is a tough business sometimes described as, ‘Buy retail, sell wholesale’. Governments around the world have tried lots of things to help farmers

Asia

India Wants Innovators to Get Excited About Millet

July 20, 2022 No Comments

It’s nutritious. Drought-resistant. And yes, you can make it into alcohol. No wonder the UN declared 2023 the International Year of Millets. The consumption of

Asia

The Secret to the Perfect Organic Fertilizer? Worms.

July 20, 2022 No Comments

Vermiculture is the practice of deliberately cultivating worms, specifically earthworms, either at large scales or in smaller artisanal systems. It’s how bait and tackle shops

Africa

Keeping Ethiopia’s Wheat from “Rusting”

July 4, 2022 No Comments

Of all the natural threats to the world’s food supply, few are more dreaded than wheat rust, a category of fungal infections that can ruin

Asia

Developing a Farm Management Information System for Smallholders

July 4, 2022 No Comments

Farming is often more mental than physical. Farmers need to keep track of planting and harvesting dates, revenues and expenses, yields, pests and diseases, markets,