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Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
Zimbabwean Peasant Farmer The WorldWatch Institute published a report yesterday noting that global food prices continued to increase in 2012. After a protracted period of declining prices between 1960 and 1999, global food prices…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
A student group asked me to speak at a screening of the film Fresh last week. The 2009 documentary focuses on the role of farmers, activists and entrepreneurs pushing for a more sustainable food…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
By Aderajew Asfaw    Wednesday, 24 April 2013Source: http://www.capitalethiopia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2837:africa-2013-endorses-urgent-action-for-africas-infrastructure-development&catid=54:news&Itemid=27   The first International Conference and Exhibition on Water Storage and Hydropower Development for Africa entitled “Africa 2013” was held for three consecutive days, from Tuesday to…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
  A Mixed Blessing   If we don’t watch out, agriculture could destroy our planet. Here’s how to grow all the food we need with fewer chemicals.   By Dan Charles Source link:  http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/fertilized-world/charles-text?src=longreads&buffer_share=96cbd   N.…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
  As part of the United States President’s Feed the Future Initiative in Ethiopia, the U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the Camel Milk Value Chain Development project in Fafan Village,…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
This week’s summary on the news stories, reports and blogs that have grabbed our attention. We welcome your thoughts and comments on these articles. After 2015 – Toward zero…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
It is “far better to accommodate dreams than assuage nightmares” This is a quote taken from Roger Thurow’s book, The Last Hunger Season, one of our favourite books from…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
  April 22, 2013 by Carolyn Fry CAADP, Institutions, Maputo Declaration, ONE, Sustainable agriculture   Will 2013 be pinpointed as the year in which Africa’s ‘Green Revolution’ finally took root? It marks the tenth anniversaries of…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
Proposed new partnership will build on successes, political commitment Graziano da Silva with (from left) Amadou Allahoury Diallo (Niger), Jeffrey Luhanga (Malawi) and Rigobert Maboundou (Chair of FAO Regional Conference for Africa). 22 April 2013, Rome…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
Does sustainable intensification mean large-scale, industrial agriculture, or can it build on the traditional methods of many African farmers? Tomatoes for sale in the central market in Mali, 2013. Could sustainable intensification increase crop yields in…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
Today is World Water Day 2013, celebrating the International Year of water cooperation. A paradigm of the world’s water challenges is that although agriculture accounts for approximately 70% of…

Originally posted on Waterscapes:
‘Villages without agriculture’ is a term my friend from JNU, Rajnish, coined to describe his native village of Narharpur in Bihar. He was saying that agrarian distress in Bihar villages is so high that majority of…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
On 4th of March 2013, the 30th edition of the Brussels Development Briefing took place, the topic being “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks”. Organized by…

Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
At the recent meeting on ‘Integrating Nutrition into the ASEAN Food Security Framework and Strategic Plan of Action on Food Security in ASEAN Region’, Michael Phillips, Malcolm Beveridge and Stephen…

Dr. B. A. Usman (@drbausman) “@KofiAnnan: “I always believed that change, even dramatic change, is possible.” http://t.co/tq9ghz68I9 @UNIGEnews @IHEID” (https://twitter.com/drbausman/status/321947681943605248) Posted from WordPress for Android

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
27-03-2013 Insecticide-treated nets control pests in animal shelters, reduce mosquitoes in homes Black insecticide-impregnated nets encircling livestock pens kill disease-carrying mosquitoes and flies   27 March 2013, Rome – A simple but innovative use of insecticide-impregnated…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
Working with the group called the Lexicon of Sustainability, PBS recently released a video entitled “The Story of an Egg.” The video highlights the challenges associated with egg production and marketing in the United…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
This week we’ve been thinking about information. Specifically the type of information on agriculture and rural development that is available, how useful it is and to who. A lot…

Food Security when in Rome.

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
Hawassa constructing 184 mln. Birr worth safe water project  Hawassa March 14/2013 More than 184 million Birr worth safe water project is being carried out in Hawassa Town, South Ethiopia Peoples’ State, the town administration water…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
While I was in Durban last summer I spent some time talking with folks involved in guerrilla gardening there. The idea of guerrilla gardening is to reclaim public spaces and use vacant lots and unused public spaces to…

Originally posted on Mahtab Rasheed:
As I have already emphasized on the importance of the use of IT (Information Technology) in  agriculture Pakistan for 1-Awareness of the farmer from cultivation to harvesting 2-Marketing of the crops afterwards We have developed a…

Originally posted on Mahtab Rasheed:
I will be sharing here the implementation details of agriculture information system which I have developed. Objective to share this information is to help others and give them a hint about the system. Although there…

Originally posted on Foundation for Young Farmers:
The Agriculture Investment Case Agriculture in Kenya is not usually thought of as an investment but as an occupation of the rural folk mostly the old. Many youths from rural and urban backgrounds…

The State of Food & Agriculture 2012 | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The State of Food & Agriculture 2012 Investing in Agriculture for a Better Future Date: January 22, 2013 Time: 12:15 pm to 1:45 pm EDT (Please … Continue reading →

Originally posted on SciDev.Net's Blog:
Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Latin America correspondent, SciDev.Net It has been an action-packed day at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) so far. During the plenary session, which officially opened…

‘Action, not just networks’ for agricultural developmentRodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Latin America correspondent, SciDev.NetIt has been an action-packed day at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) so far. During the plenary session, which officially opened the meeting, we heard … Continue reading →

From research to actionNovember 1, 2012Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Latin America correspondent, SciDev.NetThe field trip day has been the most exciting activity promoted by the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) so far. Not just because we had … Continue reading →

What about the farmers?November 2, 2012Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Latin America correspondent, SciDev.NetYesterday at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) delgates heard some of the main recommendations that will constitute the meeting’s priorities over the next two … Continue reading →

GCARD2: Closing thoughtsNovember 2, 2012Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Latin America correspondent, SciDev.NetThe Second Global Conference on Agriculture Research for Development (GCARD2) is officially over. As I have previously said, the meeting has produced a lot of recommendations, but nobody knows how … Continue reading →

Europe and Africa link up on ICT researchNovember 27, 2012David DicksonCorrespondent, SciDev.NetNo-one doubts that information and communication technologies (ICTs) make a substantial contribution to development, even in the poorest countries.Indeed, many have suggested that such technologies are helping developing countries to … Continue reading →

The way ahead on ICT: progress through partnershipNovember 28, 2012David DicksonCorrespondent, SciDev.NetThe geographical proximity between Africa and Europe has inevitably led to a long and close relationship between the two continents. Over the past few centuries, colonialism has meant that the … Continue reading →

Has ICT fallen off the development radar?. Has ICT fallen off the development radar? November 28, 2012 David DicksonCorrespondent, SciDev.Net That was the provocative suggestion that Harry de Backer, a telecommunications expert and former adviser to the EU delegation to the … Continue reading →

Scant funding for research facilities is hurting Africa – SciDev.Net. Donors must work with African countries to provide crucial science infrastructure, argues S&T policy scholar Nicholas Michael Bashour. African countries want and need financial support for research and innovation. Fortunately, there’s … Continue reading →

Food Security vs. Food Sovereignty.

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African Farming (@africanfarming) tweeted at 5:15 PM on Wed, Dec 12, 2012: #AfDB approves #Nigeria’s US$650 million #loan request for #agriculture #development: http://t.co/rEAEYzM8 (https://twitter.com/africanfarming/status/278895986095558656) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download

African Farming (@africanfarming) tweeted at 3:37 PM on Thu, Dec 13, 2012: #UN report calls for farmer-centred approach to #agricultural investment: http://t.co/Q328Kac5 #FAO #food (https://twitter.com/africanfarming/status/279233596907200512) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download

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Originally posted on Foundation for Young Farmers:
Daily nation By CHARLES WOKABI cwokabi@gmail.com Posted Wednesday, February 29 2012 at 17:22 Agriculture has for a long time been the lifeblood of the Kenya’s growth engine raising about 30 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product. As…

Originally posted on Foundation for Young Farmers:
Daily nation By CHARLES WOKABI Posted  Wednesday, February 29  2012 at  17:11 His insatiable passion for agriculture led him to farming as a part-time income-boosting activity last year. On his three-quarter acre piece of land,…

Food Security in AfricaThis entry was posted on January 18, 2012. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a commentIn Africa there are a number of weaknesses and constraints as well as strengths and opportunities for the development of the agricultural sector and the attainment … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Foundation for Young Farmers:
In Africa there are a number of weaknesses and constraints as well as strengths and opportunities for the development of the agricultural sector and the attainment of national and household food security. The use…

Greenhouses to entice youth to take up farmingThis entry was posted on March 9, 2012. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a commentBy Ally JamahThe Youth Enterprise Fund is set to construct 420 greenhouses across the country in a Sh150 million strategy to … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Foundation for Young Farmers:
By Ally Jamah The Youth Enterprise Fund is set to construct 420 greenhouses across the country in a Sh150 million strategy to lure youth into entering the world of profitable farming. The Fund…

Originally posted on Foundation for Young Farmers:
As much as humanitarian aid is important in saving lives, let us think of allocating a portion of the millions we perennially sink into emergency relief to irrigate and support farming projects in…

New Indigenous Chicken By KariThis entry was posted on August 8, 2012. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a commentA new breed of indigenous chicken breed has been introduced in the market. The new breed introduced by Kenya Agricultural Research Institute produces more … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Foundation for Young Farmers:
A new breed of indigenous chicken breed has been introduced in the market. The new breed introduced by Kenya Agricultural Research Institute produces more eggs and meat and can be reared under free-range…

Make Farming More Attractive to Youths Says Obasanjo in KenyaThis entry was posted on August 8, 2012. Bookmark the permalink. 1 CommentFormer Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday said lack of electricity in most rural areas is one of the major reasons … Continue reading →

Farmers ‘should re-brand’ as food producers, conference told | News | Farmers Guardian.

Aquaculturedirectory (@Aquaculturedire) tweeted at 11:50 AM on Mon, Jan 07, 2013: Marine agriculture offers a new solution to the problem of water scarcity | @scoopit via @Srilgroup http://t.co/YzkkBLPM (https://twitter.com/Aquaculturedire/status/288236267353812993) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download