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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 […]
August 31, 2012
India: Farmer in India launches new onion variety
Balwan Singh of Haryana took 17 painstaking years developing a variety of onion that yields 30 tonnes per hectare, as against the common variety that yields about 20 tonnes per hectare. It has a longer shelf life and hence reduces storage related woes for smallscale farmers. He has recently been […]
August 31, 2012
India’s monsoons fall on dead crops
Rains this season in India came two months late, destroying crops across the country. Now that the rains have started, it seems they are too late to save the crops in India. Read more here.
August 31, 2012
Argentina to help fill the soya gap
In the coming season, the ‘grain powerhouse’ Argentina plans to produce a record soya output, thereby helping fill the supply gaps left by droughts in America and hence prevent a global food price crisis. Read more here.
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