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March 21, 2013
3D game to help smallholder farmers
A new 3D game has been developed in Abu Dhabi, called ‘Farm Defenders’. This game can be used to train smallholder farmers in Africa. This game was developed through a funding by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Read more here.
March 21, 2013
Bill Gates and Carlos Slim partner to support innovation in farming
Bill Gates and Carlos Slim, two of the most richest men the world are coming together to help CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre) to help innovation in agriculture in the world, for smallholder farmers across the developing countries. Read more here.
March 21, 2013
More land used for organic farming
According to a new report, organic farming techniques, though sustainable and adopted by many progressive countries, are labour intensive and use more land that typical farming methods. Read more here.
March 21, 2013
South helps South – Indonesian agricultural initiatiatives
When a massive food crisis occurred in sub Saharan Africa in the 1980s, Indonesian farmers voluntarily responded by collecting funds and food. This fund has been used to set up agricultural centres in Tanzania and Gambia. This move exemplified South-South cooperation in hunger alleviation. Read more here.
March 21, 2013
World’s wealthy buy up overseas farms
Experts warn that the current trend of land purchase in developing countries by developed countries may widen the economic gap between the two. Most purchases are by agricultural, biofuel and timber investors. Read more here.
March 21, 2013
International year of Quinoa
Quinoa is a highly nutritious pulse grown in Peru and Bolivia. The year 2013 has been appointed as the official year of the quinoa, and plans to expand the production of this crop, which can be grown under difficult climatic conditions, are underway. Read more here.
March 21, 2013
Climate change affecting mainly agrarian countries
At a recent conference of the AJA, or the Agricultural Journalists Association, speakers highlighted the fact that climate change was mostly affecting agrarian countries, which did not have a major part to play in global warming. As a result, these countries are suffering from a decline in water resources and […]
March 21, 2013
Climate resilient rice crops for Indian farmers
New ways of cultivating grass, piloted in eleven countries show that interventions like growing rice on drier soils rather than flooded paddy fields has increased rice production anywhere between 11 per cent and 200 per cent. It has also decreased the greenhouse emissions. Read more here.
March 21, 2013
India: 20,000 solar lamps distributed in the Kashmir Valley
As of the last financial year, as many as 20,000 solar lamps had been distributed in the Kashmir Valley, at a 50 per cent subsidy. A total of 70,000 lamps have been distributed in the last three years. This was done with government intervention. Read more here.
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