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Agricultural Innovations to Shape Future of Farming Highlighted at FAO

November 23, 2018  |  agricultural technology, agroecology, agtech, digital, FAO innovation symposium

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Learning From the Private Sector Experience Working With Smallholder Farmers

November 5, 2018  |  agricultural innovation, food security, private sector, public-private partnership

Amy Chambers from Fintrac on how the private sector can foster vibrant agricultural market systems and lifiting millions of smallholders out of poverty. Read More

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Professor Weifeng Zhang Wins IFA Norman Borlaug Award

November 1, 2018  |  4Rs, agricultural transformation, China, fertilizer, sustainable agriculture

Professor Weifeng Zhang, the winner of the 2018 IFA Norman Borlaug Award, has been a driving force in China's agricultural revolution. Read More

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The Future of Farming: Hi-Tech Solutions for Ongoing Challenges

October 25, 2018  |  agroecology, agroecology in action, CFS45, Future of Farming

Farming First reports back from discussions around the future of farming at this year’s UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) meeting in Rome. Read More

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Q&A with Dr. David Nabarro and Dr. Lawrence Haddad: Tackling world hunger by changing food systems

October 18, 2018  |  food, hunger, nutrition, SDGs, story of agriculture and sdgs, Zero hunger

We interview the winners of the 2018 World Food Prize at the Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines. Read More

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Agroecology According to Generation Y

September 13, 2018  |  agroecology, fall armyworm, farmers, sustainability, wfo, youth

Young farmers tell Farming First about the importance of practising agroecology to benefit today’s generation and those to come. Read More

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