Niger: WhatsApp comes to the rescue of agriculture extension and farmers in lockdown
A WhatsApp group, ‘Climate information’, helped ICRISAT train 139 agriculture extension staff in interpretting seanonal forecast through slide-by-slide posting of presentations accompanied Read more...
Crops, pollination, food: Why we need bees
One-third of the world’s crops need pollination to set seeds and fruits, and a majority of them are pollinated by bees. Along Read more...
COVID-19 calls for renewed focus on eating right and natural
Post-COVID-19 scenario offers a unique opportunity to seize the moment and repurpose policies towards a food system that is resilient and sustainable...
Pulse champions and smart seed innovations boost farmers’ incomes and resilience
Cowpea and groundnut are considered ‘golden grains’ for many women farmers in West Africa, as they make decent money processing these pulse Read more...
Stronger local food value chains can leave Eastern and Southern Africa more resilient post COVID-19
COVID-19 has seized the drylands of Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), home to some of the world’s most vulnerable people. Mitigation efforts Read more...
Beating drought one text at a time
Scientists, meteorologists, start-ups and Microsoft India are coming together to crunch weather data to help farmers beat climate risks and boost yield Read more...
A peek at India’s Next Generation Agromet Advisory Services
Data with the Indian government suggests that agromet advisories have the potential to yield benefits worth over US $ 430 billion for Read more...
Seeds of rural recovery: States must consider accommodating returnee migrants in small-farming
Small and marginal farmers remain the dominant food producer and major workforce in India, and the country would rely on them to Read more...
Don’t forget about the impact of COVID-19 on the rural poor and on food security
The Scaling Up community of practice discusses challenges and opportunities for an improved “new normal” for agriculture, research and development. While all Read more...
Produce more coarse grains to meet pandemic nutrition challenge
India will provide free food grains to more than 800 million poor people during the COVID-19 lockdown. However, nutrition security is more Read more...