By 2050, the global population is projected to reach 9.7 billion. Farmers, already challenged to produce more food, need new tools and technologies to keep pace.
Agricultural Productivity
Nov 15, 2018
“Since 2016 when I started my chicken business, I did not formally keep records of my income, costs and profit. I made losses without even noticing it,” explains Margaret Mwendi, a chicken rearing entrepreneur from Kitui County in Kenya. Margaret explains a common situation among rural women-led...
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2019 Executive Training on Sustainable Investments in Agriculture . This interdisciplinary program provides an overview of pressing issues related to agricultural investments, as well...
Nov 14, 2018
On November 9, USAID Administrator Mark Green and the soon-to-be President of Corteva Agriscience , Jim Collins, signed a partnership to further Corteva's and USAID’s shared goal of reducing global hunger. Calling Corteva one of the most innovative agribusinesses of its kind, Administrator Green...
Nov 14, 2018
Throughout the world, the agricultural sector plays a vital role in sustaining local, regional and global economies as well as livelihoods. It is estimated that there are some 570 million smallholder farmers who depend on their land as their main source of income and food. Today, societies rely on...
Nov 14, 2018
Do you have great photos depicting global agriculture and food security that you want to share with the development community? We want to hear from you! The Agrilinks 2018 Photo Challenge, open to all, is a great opportunity to share your work or that of your organization with our community of 15,...
Nov 07, 2018
From 2004 to 2014, with the support of the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future initiative, USAID funded key components of the creation and support of water users associations (WUAs) in southern Tajikistan, as well as the training of members. Following the draw down in these investments, USAID...
Nov 07, 2018
Between March and July of 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service's (FAS) Food Safety Network (FSN) program undertook a scoping to assess the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) capacity building needs of select Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) focus countries...
Nov 01, 2018
Applying the fundamentals of postharvest handling knowledge will benefit Tanzanian farmers and their businesses, improve public health and contribute toward local food security.
Oct 30, 2018
This is a unique time in agricultural biotechnology. Researchers are developing a new generation of poverty-reducing crops, but farmers have cultivated genetically engineered crops since 1994, giving us decades of successes from which to learn.
Oct 29, 2018
This post was written by Lydia Mbevi, a gender & social inclusion expert at ACDI/VOCA. Based in Northern Kenya’s Isiolo township, the Tawakal Women’s Group is a vibrant social and economic network for women doing business in a marginalized region. The regular meetings the women hold are not...