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The Role of Engineering in Ending World Hunger

March 4, 2020  |  Africa, agriculture, climate, communications, digitalisation, energy, engineering, farmers, food loss, food security, food waste, infrastructure, innovation, knowledge, meteorology, resource management, SDGs, sustainable, technology, Water

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How Soil Health Contributes to Sustainable Development

February 18, 2020  |  agriculture, carbon sequestration, climate, conservation, crop, ecosystem, farmer, production, smallholder, soil, soil health, sustainable, Water

Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science at The Ohio State University, Read More

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Solving The Water Crisis by Saving Money in Agriculture

February 11, 2020  |  agriculture, crop, drip irrigation, energy, farmer, fertilizer, India, innovation, irrigation, precise irrigation, smallholder, soil, soil health, Water

Julia Jung and Lukas Hanke, The Green Innovation Centre India Read More

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Carbon Sequestration – Gaining Ground

January 2, 2020  |  carbon sequestration, CNFA, soil, soil health

Ed Keturakis, Vice President of Program Development at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) and a New Mexico farmer Read More

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My Story From The Frontline of Climate Change

December 12, 2019  |  african agriculture, climate change, Kenya

Kisilu Musya, Kenyan farmer, co-creator and main character of the award-winning documentary film “Thank You For The Rain” Read More

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A Changing Climate for Cambodia’s Smallholders

November 27, 2019  |  agriculture, Cambodia, climate change, farmers, South East Asia

Sok Sotha, Managing Director of Cambodian Farmer Federation Association of Agriculture Producers (CFAP) Read More

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