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Indian farmers to benefit from Japanese organic cotton partnerships

BCtA (Business Call to Action), a global initiative encouraging companies to develop innovative business models has mobilized two Japanese companies to pledge to better the income, health and environment of as many as 30,000 low income cotton farmers in India through organic farming. Read more here.

August 31, 2012

Locust kits could help feed African refugees

Grasshoppers, crickets, and beetles are about 4 times more efficient in converting grass into protein packed meat than cattle. They generate less greenhouse gases as well, and can survive in dry inhospitable environments. This has led two industrial engineering students to examine the potential of these locusts as emergency food […]

August 31, 2012

India’s organic foods market growing at 20 per cent

The market for organic food products is on a high growth curve as growth rate exceeds 20-22 per cent per annum. This is the result of an increased awareness and a growing middle class in the country. Read more here.

August 31, 2012

Investment in small scale irrigation may protect Africa, Asia from droughts

According to a report by IWMI (International Water Management Institute), farmers in Asia and Africa were increasingly taking up small-scale irrigation schemes in face of recurrent droughts. Small scale irrigation in the form of hosing to access groundwater and motorized pumps may be relatively high priced but are also helping […]

August 31, 2012

Nigeria: Cassava may be a miracle crop, says expert

According to an IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) expert, if cassava production were to be scaled in Nigeria, it could well prove be a ‘miracle crop’. The crop could go a long way in serving both the upper and lower segments of the society and hence, the private sector […]

August 31, 2012

Vietnam: Subsistence agriculture pulling the nation back

According the consecutive surveys conducted on farming households in Vietnam, subsistence farming is practiced by a large number of farmers, and lack of access to credit and savings show that there is no notable growth in the agricultural sector. Read more here.

August 31, 2012

Nigeria can help Africa achieve food security

Nigeria accounts for about 16 per cent of the continent’s population, while its land area accounts for 75 per cent of all arable land. With agriculture currently contributing only about 40 per cent to Nigeria’s GDP, there is a massive potential for growth. Read more here.

August 31, 2012

Water innovation in agriculture, led by a humble farmer

Agricultural revolution in the developing world is not being carried out by scientist, or any of the likes, but by a humble farmer from the state of Gujarat in India, named Purushottambhai Patel. He is a smallholder farmer who uses the cow dung from his 8 cows to produce bio-gas, […]

August 31, 2012

India: Firm faces criminal action over poor seed quality

Sygenta, a seed-providing company is soon to face legal action over poor quality seed provided by them to the farmers. President of the local ZP (Zilla Parishad), unsatisfied with the agriculture development officer’s reply that farmers must be more active to have the company tried, has called for initiation of […]