Jul 12, 2019 – 10:00 am to 11:30 am GMT Rwanda Webinar Agricultural Extension Agriculture Production How is Rwanda Transforming its Agriculture Thanks to Mechanization? The Malabo Montpellier Panel’s report, “Mechanized: Transforming Africa’s Agriculture Value Chains” shows what can be done to sustainably mechanize African agriculture to increase production and enhance […]
Read MoreJul 8, 2019 Press Release New Study: How much do climate fluctuations matter for global crop yields? Climate Change Washington D.C.: The El Niño-Southern Oscillation has been responsible for widespread, simultaneous crop failures in recent history, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for […]
Read MoreJul 8, 2019 In the News India Biofortified staples may hold the key to India’s rural malnutrition (Reuters) Nutrition Reuters published an opinion piece by IFPRI Research Analyst Smriti Verma and Research Fellow Anjani Kumar in which the authors argued that biofortified staple crops may be key to ending rural […]
Read MoreThe Amazon’s rainforests in Brazil are being cleared at an appalling rate with an area the size of a football pitch being lost to deforestation every minute, according to news reports. Last month alone forest loss in the Amazon was 88.4% higher than during the same month last year, according […]
Read MoreThis report brings together findings from research conducted under the DEGRP project with the wider literature on irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa.
Read MoreA fully grown cow produces anywhere between 70kg and 120kg of methane gas, depending on variables like its diet. Methane is a greenhouse gas that is 23 times more potent than CO2 when it comes to its effects on the climate. There are 1.5 billion heads of cattle on the […]
Read MoreThe Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) today approved an FAO project designed to transform Pakistan’s Indus River Basin by improving agriculture and water management to make this vital food-producing region more resilient to climate change. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has provided FAO with a grant of nearly […]
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