Smart Agriculture Guide

Soil fertility management and adding trees to farms can boost agricultural productivity and increase the drought tolerance of crops. Photo: Andrea Borgarello As the global development community marks World Day to Combat Desertification on June 17, large areas of Sub-Saharan Africa are grappling from extreme drought, leaving millions of people in need of emergency assistance. … More Confronting drought and famine in Africa’s Drylands

  STORY HIGHLIGHTS The food system employs the majority of people in developing countries in both self and wage employment, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The food and agriculture sector extends beyond agricultural production to include storage, processing, distribution, transport, logistics, retailing and other services. We can do more to … More The Future of Food: Shaping the Food System to Deliver Jobs

As the global community works toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — among them, SDG2, which aims to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030 — women can be the key agents of change in agriculture, nutrition and rural development. … More Women Leading Change in Agriculture:

Without additional efforts, the target of ending hunger by 2030 will not be met A new FAO report presented on 22 February 2017 in Rome warns that- Mankind’s future ability to feed itself is in jeopardy due to intensifying pressures on natural resources, mounting inequality, and the fallout from a changing climate. Empowering small-scale farmers and … More World’s future food security “in jeopardy” due to multiple challenges: FAO Report

A third of Africa’s elephants wiped out in 7 years (CNN)More than two thirds of the world’s wildlife could be gone by the end of the decade if action isn’t taken soon, a new report from the World Wildlife Fund revealed on Thursday. Since 1970, there has already been a 58% overall decline in the … More Sixth mass extinction? Two-thirds of wildlife may be gone by 2020: WWF

The Google Science Fair invites the brightest young minds from around the world to answer one important question: How can they make the world better through science, math, and engineering. Kiara Nirghin, A 16-year-old South African has won the coveted Google Science Fair Community Impact Award, in the hotly-contested Africa and Middle East region. , … More Fighting drought with Fruit: Highlights of Google Science Fair 2016

Small farmers are some of the most important people in the world –they provide over half of the world’s food supply. Helping such farmers improve their methods through innovative and efficient agriculture has long been an aim of development projects and an important part of the fight against global hunger. But many small farmers are … More Need for Effective Literacy Programmes for small scale farmers:Kenya

Global food shortages will become three times more likely by 2040 and expose Britain to greater risk from terrorism, according to a government-commissioned study . Droughts, heatwaves and floods will become more frequent because of climate change, and cause spikes in the price of key crops. This will cause unrest in the Middle East and … More Vulnerability of global food system to extreme weather: Report

Potato varieties once thought lost to the Andean people who introduced them to the world will now be safeguarded for future generations Varieties of one of the world’s most important staple crops have now been stored for perpetuity deep in the Arctic ice. José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the … More Ancient crops preserved for future generations in Arctic seed vault

Farmers in Africa can create a trillion-dollar food market by 2030 if they expanded their access to more capital, better technology, irrigated land and grow high-value nutritious foods says a World Bank report. The report dubbed Growing Africa: Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness report in Africa says  Africa’s food systems, currently valued at US$313 billion … More Africa holds key to trillion dollar food market : World Bank