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October 1, 2012
India: Retail in FDI to transform agricultural sector
Now that 51 per cent FDI in multi brand retail has been finalized by the government of India, drastic changes with regard to the supply chain are anticipated. Indian farmers, long underserved and exploited by middle men will now be integrated in the global agricultural supply chain, will be able […]
October 1, 2012
ICRISAT declared the best hope for farmers in semi-arid tropic
At a recent ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) conference in India, which drew ministers and stakeholders from as far out as Nigeria led to the declaration of ICRISAT’s research as being the best hope for productivity for farmers in the semi-arid regions of the world. Read […]
October 1, 2012
Indonesian farmers demand fair land conflict settlement
Land disputes in Indonesia are common and several arise every year. These block productivity and increase hostility among the farmers. Now, they have taken to the streets over the government’s inaction on settling land disputes once and for all. Read more here.
October 1, 2012
Why we need a farming renaissance
This post decries the commercialization of farming, not just by way of commodities, but also by way of companies taking control of what smallholders farmers should produce, and sell. Read more here.
October 1, 2012
Africa: Putting women farmers at the centre in Africa
Why does it make more sense to invest in the women farmers of Africa? Because they are encircled in concentric ‘circles of trust’, or, in other words related to every level of participation. This post provides insight into this new idea of ‘circles of trust’, better explained through the diagram […]
October 1, 2012
India: Bihar model inspires Indian body of agriculture
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is so inspired by the multifaceted comprehensive agriculture programmes active in Bihar, which include everything form agriculture to employment, that it has decided to replicate the model countrywide. Read more here.
October 1, 2012
Kenya, the hub for bio-tech in East Africa
As atleast five agricultural crops undergo biotechnology improvements at ISAAA (International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications) at Nairobi, it is clear that Kenya has emerged as the hub for biotechnology and associated research in the East African region. Read more here.
October 1, 2012
Zambia’s ‘rotten’ corn shame
Recently news of rotten grain in India became headlines across the world as the poor starved while a food corporation godown protected the grain away from them, which then had rotted. Now, India has been joined in ranks by Zambia. One of Zambia’s warehouses where thousands of bags of corn […]
October 1, 2012
Nigeria: Urban horticulture thrives
In Lagos, there is a severe undersupply of proper housing, employment and other basic necessities of life. Yet, in the midst of all this people have found resilience in urban horticulture farming, oftentimes on public lands, using unhygienic water. Urban and per-urban horticulture hubs (UPHs) now not only provide for […]
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