Combating Aflatoxin for a healthy world
What you see may not be what you get: The case of peanut butter Ever wondered what processes the mouth-watering peanut Read more...
When cities come closer to villages
“Villages and urban towns are coming closer. Better roads, infrastructure and connectivity, improvement in transport facilities and greater market integration are helping Read more...
Combining traditions and technologies among tribal farmers in India
What does bullock cart racing have in common with agricultural research? Normally not much, but in the last week of January, these Read more...
Sorghum farming helps Kenyan farmers cope with drought
Most parts of Kenya went without rain in the year 2016. According to the Kenyan Government a total of 1.3 million Kenyans Read more...
Study reveals pulses as important source of protein in India
Pulses continue to be a major source of protein in Indian diets and play a vital role in sustaining agricultural growth. Increasing Read more...
Women and youth in pulse value chains: opportunities for inclusion of smallholders
This post was featured in IYP2016.org. The 2016 International Year of Pulses has brought global attention to the important roles that pulses Read more...
Super-early pigeonpea: Dodging climate change in the drylands
Pigeonpea in India has seen a change in its status from an orphan crop to a cash crop in the last few Read more...
The “so what” question: Integrating and communicating gender research
The CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network held its annual meeting at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) headquarters in Cali, Read more...
Open source PhenoApps pave the way to efficient data collection in plant breeding
In an effort to introduce new technology into plant breeding programs, members of the Poland Lab at Kansas State University have developed Read more...
Listening to people and getting a response is like physics
Mrs Salamatu Garba is the Executive Director of Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN), an NGO in Nigeria that coordinates the activities of Read more...