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October 1, 2012
Haiti, fish farming and the Clinton Foundation’s help
This post talks about Dr Valentine Abe’s recognition of the potential for fish farming and fishing agriculture in Haiti, where lakes are severely overfished. A successful first hatchery made it clear that this could provide a means to sustainable livelihood to many Haitians and this is when he received help […]
October 1, 2012
India: Canara Bank makes Indian agriculture viable
Encouraging the idea that agriculture in India is not as low-productive as it has been for hundreds of years, Canara Bank, a commercial bank in India is launching a dedicated line of financial products and services to business projects which integrate farming into a viable and profitable business project, involving […]
October 1, 2012
Salarying Indian farmers
If there is one thing that is best known about the smallholders in the developing world, it is their inability to manage their income and make it run until the next harvest. Combine this with the problem of explotative middle men in the agriculture value chain in India, and the […]
October 1, 2012
Africa: A new type of agriculture to save Africa’s exhausted soils
Researchers at the Washington State University recently made a case for a new type of agriculture practice which can be practiced by small holders, and which can replenish the African soil, exhausted by heavy fertilizer and pesticide use, and bound by low yields. This system is called ‘perenniation’. Read more […]
October 1, 2012
India: Agriculture back in focus
With a slower growth rate, the downward pull caused by failed agriculture on the country’s GDP is not neutralized by higher exports, rising investments and fiscal action, as it usually was in the past. As a result agricuture in now at the centre of scrutinity to fix the growth rate […]
October 1, 2012
Mexico: Rural communities rich in resources, poor in capital
Communities in the rural parts of Mexico, especially in Oaxaca, one of the poorest states in Mexico are rich in resources but poor by means of capital. Natural disasters play havoc with the lands, farms and produce of the poor, and no help is available to train them in climate […]
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.
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