Region: Latin America & the Caribbean
#FillTheGap! Esperanza brings hope for female leaders in Peru
Latin America & the Caribbean: Esperanza Dionisio Castillo rose up the ranks and became the only woman in the whole of the Junín region, Peru, to manage a cooperative, guiding the Pangoa Cooperative to unprecedented levels of success.
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day: Eight Women Who Have Filled the Gender Gap in Agriculture
Africa & Middle East: Oumou Camara blogs for Next Billion, sharing the stories of eight extraordinary women that have succeeded in bridging the gender gap in agriculture.
Read MoreGriselda Velazquez
Latin America & the Caribbean: Griselda Velazquez: The woman planting seeds for a better future for Guatemalan potato farmers.
Read MoreHow Agricultural Businesses Can Stem the Tide of Youth Migration
Latin America & the Caribbean: How Root Capital is working to turn youth migration -one of the greatest demographic challenges of our time - into an opportunity to drive agribusiness.
Read MoreHelping Farmers Earn More at Less Cost Through Fertilizer Use Efficiency
Global: Dr. Scott J. Angle, President and CEO of IFDC explains how farmers can keep their costs low and their yields high through efficient fertilizer use.
Read MoreMy Farm Life: Unlocking the Riches of Golden Pineapple in Panama
Latin America & the Caribbean: The Vergara family has been farming pineapples in Panama for more than 15 years but a new partnership with a fintech firm is giving them fresh hopes for an even brighter future.
Read MoreWill Brazilian Millennials Look to a Future in the Fields?
Latin America & the Caribbean: The rural workforce in Brazil is getting younger, according to recent research. Meet the Gen-Y agripreneurs changing the face of farming in Brazil.
Read MoreMy Farm Life: Transforming Brazilian Communities While Growing Grains
Latin America & the Caribbean: Carla Mayara Borges convinced her family to take on an abandoned farm in Mato Grosso. Find out how she transformed the land and its neighbouring community.
Read MoreChegou a Hora Para a Segunda Revolução Verde no Brasil
Latin America & the Caribbean: New innovations can help bring about a second green revolution, says executive director of Brazil's national fertilizer association.
Read MoreIt Is Time for Brazil’s Second Green Revolution
Latin America & the Caribbean: New innovations can help bring about a "Second Green Revolution" in Brazil, explains the executive director of Brazil's national fertilizer association, ANDA.
Read More10 Ways Agriculture is Getting Climate-Smart
Global: As climate negotiations continue at COP23 in Bonn, Farming First takes a look at 10 stories of climate-smart agriculture in action in this latest supporter spotlight.
Read MoreRealizing Latin America’s Potential as a Global Breadbasket
Latin America & the Caribbean: Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture tells Farming First the steps needed to empower his region to feed itself, and the world.
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