irrigation-ehthiopia Africa

Will Irrigation in the Off-Season Help Ethiopia Grow More Wheat?

Ethiopia is the largest wheat producer in sub-Saharan Africa, but has also been a major wheat importer–until last year. Over the past couple of years,
Read More
2023-year-of-the-millet Farming

2023—The Year of the Millet

The United Nations has declared 2023 “the International Year of Millets.” But this declaration alone won’t get nutritious and resilient millets onto smallholder farms directly.
Read More
The-Incredible-Mutant-Sorghum Africa

The Incredible Mutant Sorghum

Striga hermonthica, commonly known as witchweed, is a dangerous enemy of food security, which makes it the enemy of Philippe Nikiema, a plant breeder at
Read More
Suvasini-Ramaswamy Latest News

Meet Grow Further’s Board: Suvasini Ramaswamy (Part 2)

In this second of two installments on our interview with board member Suvasini Ramaswamy, we turn from her background to focus on her thoughts on
Read More
Suvasini pic Latest News

Meet Grow Further’s Board: Suvasini Ramaswamy (Part 1)

At Grow Further, we “Empower farmers, scientists, and individuals to create a food-secure future.” Our members and network of agricultural researchers–550 of whom responded to
Read More
growing-more-of-indonesias-shallots Asia

Growing More of Indonesia’s Treasured Shallots

Gina Aliya Sopha, a horticulturist from Indonesia, told us she drew initial inspiration for her smallholder agricultural research grant proposal from perhaps an unlikely source—YouTube.
Read More
What-kinds-of-proposals-have-advanced Local News

Which kinds of proposals have advanced?

A little over a month ago, we received 721 submissions in response to our first agricultural research grant announcement, and last week, we sent updates
Read More
Growing-Fruit-in-Dry-and-Degraded-Soils Africa

Growing Fruit in Dry and Degraded Soils

In a video shared with Grow Further, Charles Mwangi and his partners spell out a clear and present danger to smallholder agriculture. “Declining soil quantity
Read More

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Categories