SALVADORAN FARMERS STAKE THEIR BETS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Salvadoran Farmers Stake Their Bets on Sustainable Development. Peasant farmers from one of El Salvador’s most fragile coastal areas are implementing a model of sustainable economic growth that...
View ArticlePANAMA TURNS TO BIOFORTIFICATION OF CROPS TO BUILD FOOD SECURITY
Panama Turns to Biofortification of Crops to Build Food Security. Panama is the first Latin American country to have adopted a national strategy to combat what is known as hidden hunger, with a plan...
View ArticleFAMILY FARMING EASES FOOD SHORTAGES IN EASTERN CUBA
Family Farming Eases Food Shortages in Eastern Cuba. Meat and vegetables are never missing from the dinner table of Damaris González and Omar Navarro, since they get almost all of their food from their...
View ArticleFARM PROJECTS BOOST BANGLADESHI WOMEN, CHILDREN
Farm Projects Boost Bangladeshi Women, Children. Women in Bangladesh are carving healthier, wealthier futures for themselves and their children – and they have chicken eggs and pineapples to thank....
View ArticleTECH-SAVVY WOMEN FARMERS FIND SUCCESS WITH SIM CARDS
Tech-Savvy Women Farmers Find Success with SIM Cards. Jawadi Vimalamma, 36, looks admiringly at her cell phone. It’s a simple device that can only be used to send or receive a call or a text message....
View ArticleORGANIC FARMING ‘BENEFITS BIODIVERSITY’
Organic farms act as a refuge for wild plants, offsetting the loss of biodiversity on conventional farms, a study suggests. Fields around organic farms have more types of wild plants, providing...
View ArticleUNIQUE ALLIANCE BETWEEN GAUCHOS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS PROTECTS ARGENTINA’S...
Unique Alliance Between Gauchos and Environmentalists Protects Argentina’s Pampas. The traditions of Argentina’s gauchos or cowboys have joined together with modern agricultural technology in a unique...
View ArticleWOMEN INMATES SOW HOPE IN PRISONS IN EL SALVADOR
Doris Zabala squats down in the field to pull up radishes. She is working on a prison farm in El Salvador, where more and more penitentiaries are incorporating agricultural work and other activities to...
View ArticleCLIMATE SMART COFFEE AND BANANA SET TO BOOST EAST AFRICAN FARMERS’ INCOME
Ugandan farmers are increasingly inter-planting coffee, the country’s primary export, and banana, a staple food, as a way of coping with the effects of climate change. In densely populated Elgon and...
View ArticleSMARTPHONE HELPS GROW VEGETABLES IN CUBE
A farm cube is being sold as a foolproof, high-tech gardening system that grows vegetables and other plants inside the home. You can even control the cube using an app on a smartphone or computer. A...
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