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.
Eight graduate students from 1890 land grant institutions across the United States have been selected as part of the inaugural cohort of Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellows at Cornell University.
Climate threats to global food security and projections of worsening hunger tend to grab headlines, but climate threats to food safety are just as serious.
As fertilizer prices skyrocket and supplies become scarce, how can we help smallholder farmers find alternatives to maintain their crop yields and quality?
The women’s penitentiary in Quillabamba supported the inmates in starting the Dulce Esperanza group to produce chocolate to generate income for their children while they are incarcerated.
The Food Safety-First (FS-First) Budget Tool can be combined with capacity-strengthening activities with farmer organizations, cooperatives and enterprises for international development practitioners.
The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Awards for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab.
The Samaki Salama team distributes basket traps to fishers in Kenya. Hamisi, a fisher who received basket traps, has reported an increase in the economic value of the fish he...
Does your USAID-funded project use digital technology or strengthen inclusive digital ecosystems in the agriculture/food security sector? We want to recognize you!
Is it possible to use agribusinesses to positively affect living incomes for smallholder farmers? This article answers that question with information gathered using artificial intelligence.
Some of the most nutritious foods are also some of the most perishable—fruits, vegetables, and animal-sourced foods. They all require temperature control or a “cold chain” to stay fresh and...
The average age of crop varieties used by many farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to get older, threatening productivity gains. Reversing this long-standing trend is the objective behind recent changes...
From contexts of emergencies to times of peace, markets are pivotal in helping farmers access seed. In this webinar, panelists will present lessons from two reviews of market-led emergency seed...
Public research institutions in the Global South have developed and released improved seed varieties that exhibit better yield and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses than farmer-saved seed. And yet...
Fall Armyworm (FAW) is an invasive and damaging pest endemic to the Americas that is spreading across Africa and Asia, particularly targeting maize, a vital staple crop. FAW will have...
Agricultural technology scaling is a complex, long-term systems change phenomenon that requires many years and many partners to achieve success. One of the most difficult components of large scale scaling...
In developing countries, as much as one-third of a season’s harvest is lost along the value chain from harvest to consumption. For grain alone, more is lost in sub-Saharan Africa...
Global agricultural development is increasingly shaped by the unprecedented growth of the digital economy. Digital technologies have demonstrated the potential to redefine economic growth models, empower poor people with new...
Smallholder farmers are critical to global food security and economic growth, however they have largely been overlooked by the private sector, constraining their productivity and income potential. To successfully engage...
This webinar will provide a demonstration on how to use the tools on the Global Agricultural and Disaster Assessment System (GADAS) to do desktop analysis, and a case study on...
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