Feed the Future Reaches 9 Million Households
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View ArticleIT applications improve yields in U.S. farm sector
By Tomoko Echizenya / Yomiuri Shimbun CorrespondentDEWITT, Iowa—Information technology is now an essential part of agricultural production in the United States, as the country helps to meet the world’s...
View ArticleModern Agriculture: The challenge of producing more from less (Santam Limited)
(Source: Santam Limited) Modern Agriculture: The challenge of producing more from less Sustainability The demand for food in South Africa has increased substantially in the past decade and this trend...
View ArticleIndian PM looks to eastern state for future of farming
PURNIA, India (Reuters) - From his sleepy village in eastern India's Bihar state, Ram Narain arrives at Gulab Bagh market to sell a truckload of corn that will fetch him enough money to buy a motorbike...
View ArticleModi looks to Bihar for future of farming
PURNIA: From his sleepy village in Bihar, Ram Narain arrives at GulabBagh market to sell a truckload of corn that will fetch him enough money to buy a motorbike for his son, school uniforms for his...
View ArticleRemarks by United States Trade Representative Michael Froman to the U.S....
(Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative) June 25, 2013 *As Prepared For Delivery* "Good afternoon. Thank you, Nancy, and thanks to everyone at the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition for...
View ArticleObama touts G-8 plan to reduce hunger in Africa
DAKAR, Senegal — President Obama on Friday touted his vision to reduce hunger in Africa and the developing world by injecting new business and science initiatives into farming. The president emphasized...
View ArticleAgriculture bulwark of JK State’s economy: Omar
Srinagar, September 26 (Scoop News) - Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday equated agriculture development with prosperity adding that use of high yielding and disease resistant seed varieties have...
View ArticleCorporate stranglehold of farmland a risk to world food security, study says
Small farmers are being squeezed out as mega-farms and plantations gobble up their land ...
View ArticleEighteen Million Farmers in 27 Countries Chose Biotech Crops in 2013, Global...
Inaugural plantings of biotech drought-tolerant maize in U.S.; further developments in drought-tolerance technology across the world BEIJING, Feb. 13, 2014 /CNW/ - The International Service for the...
View ArticleNew regional board office to give spice sector a boost
PANAJI: Goa's fledgling spice sector will receive a boost, as a new regional office of spice board will start functioning shortly to promote better production and marketing of spices in the state....
View ArticleTapping Afghanistan's crop diversity to feed the world
Fruit vendors pulling carts loaded with brightly colored fresh fruits deftly weave between cars on Kabul's traffic-clogged streets. Wooden stands covered in blue tarpaulin display huge mounds of...
View ArticleEven as Japan baulks at trade concessions, farmers move on
CHIBA CITY, Japan, March 6 (Reuters) - When it comes to trade policy, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces a choice between the fears of Japan's ageing farm lobby and the hopes of suburban families lined up...
View ArticleNew White House Rural Council Report Highlights the Economic Importance of...
(Source: USDA - United States Department of Agriculture) You can view the full report . In June of 2010, the Obama Administration began providing input to Congress regarding the prospective features...
View ArticleNew report from AGRA also finds increased access to fertilizers helping up to...
(Source: AGRA – Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa) Ambitious Effort to Confront Africa's Soil Health Crisis Helping Millions of Farmers Double and Triple Crop Yields New report from AGRA also...
View ArticleHow Africa can feed the world
by Calestous Juma OTTAWA, June 4, 2013 /CNW/ - Neglect of agriculture has been a defining feature of Africa's economic policy over the last four decades. The future is more promising. Today Africa has...
View ArticleOrganic farming gains ground
IN SULTAN Mastura, Maguindanao, most farmers are now growing rice organically. More farmers are following suit as they have seen the sweet harvest of those who went ahead of them and practiced what was...
View Article‘Land Grabbing’ Could Help Feed at Least 300 Million People, Study Suggests...
(Source: University of Virginia) Crops grown on "land-grabbed" areas in developing countries could have the potential to feed an extra 100 million people worldwide, a joint study involving the...
View ArticleAgriculture must accelerate transformation and innovation: premier (Executive...
(Source: Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan)) Agriculture must accelerate transformation and innovation: premier Date: 2015-01-15 Data Source: Department of Information Services,...
View ArticleEighteen Million Farmers in 27 Countries Chose Biotech Crops in 2013, Global...
Inaugural plantings of biotech drought-tolerant maize in U.S.; further developments in drought-tolerance technology across the world BEIJING, Feb. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Service for...
View ArticleAmerican Farmland Trust Report Highlights New Funding Opportunities to Help...
(Source: Timothy Bishop) American Farmland Trust Report Highlights New Funding Opportunities to Help Long Island Farmers Protect Clean Water 04/25/14 American Farmland Trust today released a new report...
View ArticleFeed the Future Helps Farmers in Tajikistan with Grants, Bank Loans (ACDI/VOCA)
(Source: ACDI/VOCA) Through USAID Project, Tajik Farmers Access Modern Farm Machinery Increasing farm productivity is essential to both strengthening food security and increasing smallholders' incomes....
View ArticleAmerican Farmland Trust Report Highlights New Funding Opportunities to Help...
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y., April 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- American Farmland Trust today released a new report to help Long Island communities and farmers pursue new conservation funding options made...
View ArticleGreen Technology: Feeding the population without killing the planet
An increasing population has always meant that at some point access to food would be restricted. Tina Carmillia discusses how technology may have not always been the smartest choice, but in hindsight...
View ArticleUnless we put an end to baseless fear of GM crops, we will not be able to...
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet The parliamentary committee report on genetically modified (GM) organisms is an attempt to give a quiet burial to biotechnology in India. On behalf of the farmers of India, let...
View ArticleGM technology the key
The editorial, “GM lessons” (Business Line, October 31) succintly captures the ongoing debate on the future of agriculture biotechnology in the country. The Bt cotton story is all too well known....
View ArticleJK Minister inaugurates 3rd National Summit on Organic Farming
Jammu, March 18 (Scoop News) –The Minister for Agriculture Production Ghulam Hassan Mir today said that a team of students from the field of agriculture shall be nominated to conduct a study to develop...
View Article>FCI Trade Summit-Black Sea Region: Breadbasket to the World
Crop input usage climbs as government subsidies, private investment back farmers’ efforts. Willoughby, OH (PRWEB) September 23, 2013 The Black Sea Region – home to fertile fields that produce more than...
View ArticleFCI Trade Summit-Black Sea Region: Breadbasket to the World
Crop input usage climbs as government subsidies, private investment back farmers’ efforts. Willoughby, OH (PRWEB) September 23, 2013 The Black Sea Region – home to fertile fields that produce more than...
View ArticleGinger city snaps into shape
Enjoyed daily by confucius, his home province has continued to lead the world in producing the versatile plant The Romans paid premium prices for it when they imported it from China. Two thousand years...
View ArticleNew Feed the Future Program Supports Transformational Approaches to...
WASHINGTON - Feed the Future's new Partnering for Innovation program formally launched today at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, DC. The program, supported through the...
View ArticleUSAID Unveils Results for President Obama’s Feed the Future Initiative to...
(Source: USAID - US Agency for International Development) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Global leaders today praised President Obama's Feed the Future initiative for reaching nearly 7 million smallholder farmers...
View ArticleAfrica Needs To Quadruple Crop Output By 2050
Sub-Saharan Africa needs to increase crop production by 260 percent in order to feed an estimated 2.4 billion people by 2050, Nigerias Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Akinwumi...
View ArticleAllahabadi Surkha to reach Middle East, Pakistan
ALLAHABAD: The low-priced and irresistible Allahabadi guava is finding its way into country's export basket. Farmers under the umbrella of the National Horticulture Mission have grown bumper crop of...
View ArticleFreezing the Footprint of Food
By the year 2050, our planet will be home to another two billion people. How and where we will we feed everyone has become one of the most pressing conservation issues of the 21st century. Farmers will...
View ArticleFeed the Future Initiative Reduces Hunger and Poverty for Millions, Boosts...
(Source: USAID - US Agency for International Development) WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah announced today that President Obama's Feed the...
View ArticleThe value of research to feed the future
A new USAid initiative is tapping into scientific expertise and university innovation to improve global food security ...
View ArticleWorld Cocoa Foundation Receives Feed the Future Funding to Support Cellphone...
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has received a grant from Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development....
View ArticleUSAID Awards Kansas State University $50 Million Grant to Establish Feed the...
(Source: USAID - US Agency for International Development) WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today awarded Kansas State University a $50 million grant to establish...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa (President of the United States)
(Source: President of the United States) The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 28, 2013 Since coming into office in 2009, President Obama has made global food...
View ArticleRice sufficiency within reach
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Abundant water supply remains a contributing factor to the growth of the agriculture sector in 2013. This is the challenge which the National Irrigation Administration faces...
View ArticlePurdue, Feed the Future thinking beyond crop harvesting in Africa (Purdue...
(Source: Purdue University) May 22, 2014 Purdue, Feed the Future thinking beyond crop harvesting in Africa WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers will lead a $5 million, five-year effort...
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