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The Times (Malawi) published an article on fertilizer and extension services. At the heart of all that Malawi desires to achieve in agriculture are extension and advisory services. Extension services in Malawi are suffering badly under the weight of fertilizer subsidy largesse. One study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) found that between 2007 and […]

Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article stating that rice contributes to 48 percent of the total rural employment.  Two-thirds of the total caloric need of the country and is the source of half of the country’s protein intake. According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, crops and horticulture’s share is about 10 percent of the gross domestic product, […]

Daily News (Sri Lanka) published an article about new research that is part of a special edition of Ecological Restoration titled “Restoration by Whom, for Whom,” published in June 2021. The research includes work on farmer-managed natural regeneration in Ghana, on-farm experiments and payments for ecosystem services in Kenya, a government-led tree planting initiative in Vietnam, and […]

The Times (Malawi) published an article on how traders are buying grain below K150 per kg (the government set minimum price). ADMARC recently asked the government to reduce the K150 maize farm gate price per kg in order to export its surplus maize. These developments have left the poor farmers with no option but to sell their […]

Agro World Dergisi published an article stating that Donald Trump’s trade war with China left American farmers dependent on government handouts to survive. But China is now at the heart of a reversal in farmers’ fortunes, as booming exports and soaring food prices fuel a recovery in the US agricultural economy.  The US is on course to ship a record […]

Relief Web published the latest numbers from the Emergency Agriculture Surveillance project. One highlight included In April 2021, the price of maize per kilogram recorded a 16.6 percentage point drop from MK162.90 in March to MK135.94. The maize prices are lower than the MK171/kg reported by IFPRI for the month of April 2021. The northern region recorded the […]

MSN published an article on China’s various types of rice and Yuan Longping, the Chinese agronomist who became a national hero by developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s. Suresh Babu, director of the Capacity Strengthening Program remains in awe of Yuan’s achievements and how he “made a worldwide impact in understanding hybridization technology in crops […]

Netherlands Food Partnership published an article on the 50th anniversary of the founding of CGIAR. In those 50 years, CGIAR has grown from its original mission – to solve hunger – to its current mission that addresses wider 21st century challenges, with the aim of transforming the world’s food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis. […]

AZoCleanTech published an article on a new report that is part of a special edition of Ecological Restoration titled “Restoration by Whom, for Whom.” Authors conclude that restoration projects already underway across the globe, a group of scientists has found that restoration action is at risk of failure if it doesn’t make social and political considerations at the […]

The Times (Malawi) published an article about how IFPRI urged Malawi to consider coming up with long-term solutions to the food insecurity challenge. The Institute has said this in its statement detailing how the country can improve water security and food systems. IFPRI has outlined seven solutions which include strengthening efforts to preserve water-based ecosystems and their functions, improving agriculture […]