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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 […]
October 1, 2012
Zambia: Why organic farming is an important practice for the world
This post delineates the backdraws of fertilizer and pesticide use, explaining how it has caused a steady degradation of soil, and resulted in low productivity of farms. This poses a difficult situation, especially for the smallholders of the developing world who experience a decline in produce and hence income because […]
October 1, 2012
The emerging trend of community knowledge centres in Africa
Lack of internet availability is a serious threat to the advancement and development process of nations of the rural poor in developing countries. Cisco has been working with non-profits, communities and governments to rectify this in Africa through its chain of CKCs (Community Knowledge Centres). CKCs help better the quality […]
October 1, 2012
Ethiopia: New mobile farming programme to be launched soon
A consortium of 5 Dutch NGOs will be launching the initiative called Connect4Change in Ethiopia. Under this initiative, a new ‘Farmers Market Information System’ will be set up. Farmers will have access to information regarding market prices, availability and prices of fertilizers and more through this service. Read more here.
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