70% of Africans make a living through agriculture, and technology could transform their world As leaders gather in Kigali for the Forum’s Africa meeting, the continent’s economic growth is once again top-of-mind. And if we are going to talk about economic growth, we must talk about agriculture. With 70% of Read more
A Permanent Path Out of Poverty for Small-Scale Farmers Ashok Goud is small farmer in the state of Telangana in southern India who has been farming two acres of land for the past 20 years. When his paddy crop failed last year due to drought, he planted maize. When the Read more
Investing in the future of African women farmers “When I thought about farming, I realised that there was a need for labour-saving technologies and improved policies around access to land and resources to assist women in particular to increase their yields,” she said. At 24, her vision is holding steady. Read more
Crop safety: this $2 kit can detect Aflatoxin contamination in just 15 minutes Hyderabad, July 26 : A simple, rapid test that can detect aflatoxins and costs under $2 has been developed by consortia, including the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), here. Identifying aflatoxins which contaminate several Read more