Read full article by Tejasvi Dantuluri & Shawn Sebastian@DownToEarth Photo Credit Indian farmers and urban consumers have a common concern amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak — of food security. While farmers need money and resources to harvest...
Read full article by Andrew Mambondiyani@Reuters Photo Credit: ICRISAT MAMBWERE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Samuel Mudziwepasi lost his entire maize crop in the last farming season, when a drought ravaged much of Zimbabwe. Now he fears his next...
Read full article@Farming Portal Photo Credit: ICRISAT Millets are a cereal crop that have largely been forgotten by the developed world, where in recent decades the crop has been grown more for animal feed than human consumption. But Australian researcher Joanna...
Read full article by Indranil De@DownToEarth Photo Credit: Down To Earth Policies and planning in post-colonial countries have always been biased towards the urban elite — it is evident from the division of urban areas between well-served and unserved areas. While the...
Read full article by Uka Eje,Thrive Agric@Opinion Nigeria’s over-dependence on oil and its ability to stoke it into a fully-fledged industry over the past half-century clearly stemmed from its abundance. The potential of the agricultural industry is no longer in...
