NAIROBI: President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged farmers to embrace modern farming methods to increase production. He particularly appealed to small land holders not to resist new farming ideas and ...

More than 4,000 Arab farmers from the West Bank area were given a demonstration of modern farming methods and machinery organized for their benefit by the military government and the Israel Ministry ...

There is need for stakeholders in the agriculture sector to put in place mechanisms to lessen the burden of hunger and famine in some parts of the country.

Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority has trained over 200 farmers in Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Lagos states in modern farming, to enhance food sufficiency. Speaking at a training on skill ...

Nigeria is stepping up its efforts to reduce poverty by increasing productivity from agriculture through the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING) Program. The World Bank, with ...

Many world leaders have, over the last few decades, decried the looming threat of global warming and climate change. There have also been growing interest in ESG (environmental, social and governance) ...

With strong willpower, smart planning and modern farming methods, a rural woman from Uttar Pradesh has created a remarkable success story. Mantravati Shakya, a resident of Bhatora village in Etawah ...

Humans have physically reconfigured half of the world’s land to grow just eight staple crops: maize (corn), soy, wheat, rice, cassava, sorghum, sweet potato and potato. They account for the vast ...

Soil salinization is a serious problem, especially in areas with less rainfall and increasingly arid climates. As climates change, flooding becomes more prevalent – another factor that leads to high ...

In a world worried about looming food shortages triggered by the climate crisis, the collapse in rice prices — now approaching their lowest in 18 years — is evidence that interventions by governments ...