Nutrition is an integral part of agriculture. Increasing the production of staple foods to attain caloric self-sufficiency is one of the major goals of food security agendas. But it is insufficient for accomplishing every aspect of nutrition goals...
The Greater Horn of Africa includes the territory of East Africa which stretches from Eritrea in the north, through Ethiopia and Djibouti, to the southernmost tips of Kenya, and Somalia, and parts of South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania...
Rapid and catastrophic environmental changes such as recurrent floods, droughts and extreme temperatures are breaking the backbone of agriculture...
Over the last fifty years, revolutionary transformations in agriculture and aquaculture have primarily relied upon intensified monoculture...
India is the largest producer and consumer of milk in the world. There are reportedly 96 million dairy farmers producing 440 million gallons of milk across...
Forgotten crops are the cereals, grains, seeds, fruits, nuts, vegetables, and legumes that have been neglected by technology, markets, global food manufacturers, and funding bodies...
Informal cross-border trade (ICBT) is a commercialised illegal practice in Africa. UNDP data suggests that ICBT provides a source of income to 43% of Africans. ICBT refers to the exchange of processed or unprocessed goods that may be legal imports or exports on one side...
Food prices have been skyrocketing amid COVID, climate change, and conflicts worldwide. World Hunger Statistics reports that global hunger has risen dramatically over the last three years, pushing around 830 million people into poverty. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the number...
“Farming is a profession of hope” – Brian Brett, Canadian poet, editor and journalist. But is this profession really bringing in rays of hope to the women farmers of Africa? More than 60% of sub-Saharan Africa’s population are smallholder farmers, and women farmers play an...
In October 2019, the Netherlands saw one of its most intense protests. Hundreds of farmers were revolting on the streets of the Netherlands. As of July 2022, around 40,000 farmers are part of this protest, rapidly spreading across Europe. But why is Europe seeing these...
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation reported that fish stocks risk collapsing in many parts of the world due to overexploitation. It is estimated that 34% of the world’s assessed fish resources are overfished (exploited at a pace where the fish population cannot replenish itself)...
With the onset of monsoon, the government increased the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all mandated Kharif crops for marketing season 2022-23. MSP is the market intervention by the Government of India recommended by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) to ensure remunerative...
Water-use Efficiency (WUE) is the amount of carbon assimilated as biomass or grain produced per unit of water used by the crop. An essential attribute of WUE is that the water input to a field or an agricultural system is not the same as...
