Farmcrowdy: the app helping agriculture in Africa
Agriculture needs to be developed in a better way in Africa: there are farmers and there is land available; if developed in the right way, agriculture is the way to fight hunger in the continent as well as a huge
India Wants to Double Farmers’ Incomes – and Tackle Climate Change. Is Technology the Answer to This Double Bind?
This article is part of our Editorial Series called “GFAR impakters”. This is done in partnership with GFAR – The Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation – For more follow on Twitter: #GFARImpakters or view here. Forty years since India gained
Gender Inclusive Capacity Building Programmes: We Know Gender Equality Matters
This article is part of our Editorial Series called "GFAR impakters". This is done in partnership with GFAR - The Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation - For more follow on Twitter: #GFARImpakters or view here. Over the years, I have
How Alleviating Risk for Farmers Could End Hunger
After graduating from college in the late 1970s, I served as a rural development volunteer in the West African nation of Senegal. I was based in a northern village where “agriculture” did not exceed rain-fed millet and sorghum, and long-horned
Zero Hunger in Africa: Mututa’s Story
From its abundant wildlife that helped to set BBC’s David Attenborough in 1954 on a naturalist’s career that we all know and love him for (by undertaking a trip to Sierra Leone for a series called Zoo Quest, which featured
Eradicating hunger and climate change in Uganda: The role of crop trees
With increasing demand for land for settlement, agriculture and industrial development has resulted in the destruction of natural resources and forests are no exception. The FAO estimates that global net forest loss is 3.3 million hectares per year, much of which
Swimming Against the Current: Sustainable Agriculture in an Age of Commercial Farming
This article is part of our Editorial Series called "GFAR impakters". This is done in partnership with GFAR - The Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation - For more follow on Twitter: #GFARImpakters or view here. Farming today has become very
AVA Initiative: Growing Our Own Food Beyond Subsistence in Nigeria
There exist a dozen or so articles focused on inspiring us to grow our own food, with titles such as: 'Advantages of Growing Your Own Food', 'Backyard Gardening: Grow Your Own Food, Improve Your Health' and '13 Reasons Why You
GODAN: Collaborating with GFAR on Data Driven Agriculture
The issues of data ownership, privacy and security are becoming increasingly contentious due to the various complexities out of which they emerge. The rise of the Internet and the digital age have opened up a Pandora's box of opportunities alongside
The True Environmentalist: Caring about Both the People AND the Polar Bears
Global warming exists on a massive, unfathomable scale. How can we wrap our heads around hundreds of millions of people losing their homes over the next 50 years? How can we convey the calamity of this scale in an image? An
The Mekong Agricultural Maize
The sounds of monks chanting waft through my bedroom window, and welcome me to another humid Cambodian morning. The street below is already humming with activity, as women preparing rice soup for breakfast clang pots and call to their children