Digital advisory tools in the hands of women agricultural service providers
13 March 2022, EU: Smallholder farmers across the world need access to advisory services to support them in managing pest and disease
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Farming and Agriculture
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Food as Medicine: BBC series cites biofortification as crucial innovation to fight malnutrition
10 March 2022, USA: A new episode of the BBC’s “Follow the Food” series, titled “Food as Medicine,” sheds light on biofortification as
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Case Study: Protecting canola farmers from heat blast
08 March 2021, Canada: Challenge: Darin Strudwick has farmed all his life and recognizes that agribusiness is akin to being a
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nurture.farm’s agriculture survey reveals 95.7% of women in rural field teams feel career in agriculture has high potential
07 March 2021, Bangalore: Agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to India’s economy, and it is predominantly women who
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CABI’s work to help Pakistan produce better cotton extended for another three years
07 March 2021, Pakistan: CABI’s work to help Pakistan’s cotton farmers reduce annual losses of around $350m through poor production,
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Climate smart crops improve livelihood of farmers in south eastern kenya
05 March 2022, kenya: Increased production and marketing of dryland cereals (sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet) and legumes (pigeonpea, green
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CARE, The Starbucks Foundation, and Cargill Announce Effort to Support Women’s Economic Empowerment in Côte d’Ivoire’s Cocoa Growing Communities
03 March 2022, US: CARE, in collaboration with The Starbucks Foundation and Cargill, is launching a new effort that will help
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Icrisat@50: engagement with development of agriculture in drylands
01 March 2022, India: Anyone familiar with the combination of ‘biological material’ (high yielding varieties and hybrids), ‘water’ (assured irrigation),
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Everything you need to know about Zero-Budget Natural Farming
28 February 2022, New Delhi: Zero Budget Natural Farming is a method of chemical free agriculture which is drawing from traditional Indian
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Paddock practices: Sowing legumes in acidic soils – the steps to success
27 February 2022, Australia: The increasing prevalence of acidic soils is hampering the expansion of most pulse crops, but doubling
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