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) ...

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 ...

A transitional shift in agricultural practices from traditional farming to modern farming is visible across the spectrum today, as farmers are increasingly cutting their reliance on the conventional ...

AMES, Iowa — Public interest in the environment is increasing and the news is full of stories about food safety. Those developments have led many to push for a return to small organic farms. Such ...

Uttar Pradesh leads in women’s empowerment with rural women in 826 blocks across 75 districts learning modern farming ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Agriculture extension workers in Lagos State have been trained in modern farming methodologies and tools for rice, aquaculture, and livestock farming. The three-day training held at the premises of ...

For decades, Ms Raleh Tiko, a farmer of Okavu village in Logiri Sub-county in Arua District has been stuck to the use of traditional methods of farming, hence she could attain losses at the end of ...