Tag: farmers
Carbon Farming: The Great Carbon Rush
Europe: Carbon farming has the potential to become the new gold rush, disrupting the stagnant debate over climate change and agriculture.
Read MoreNew Career Progression Website Launches to Help Agriculture Professionals
Global: A new Skills for Agriculture website has been launched by CABI to help the career progression of professionals working in agriculture.
Read MorePlanting the Roots of Peace: Humanitarian Heidi Kühn Wins 2023 World Food Prize for Restoring Agriculture to De-Mined Land in Former War Zones
Global: Heidi Kühn of the United States will receive the 2023 World Food Prize for her farmer-focused development model that revitalizes farmland, food security, livelihoods, and resilience after devastating conflict.
Read MoreSaving Soils for People and Planet
Global: Protecting soil is crucial for human and environmental health.
Read MoreLevelling the Playing Field: Seed Access for Farmers
Africa & Middle East: How seed systems can be used to provide farmers with quality inputs, ultimately improving food security and livelihoods.
Read MoreFarming First Supporters Respond to COVID-19
Global: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, Farming First is committed to keeping those involved in global agricultural development up to date with relevant news from our community of supporters.
Read MoreThe Role of Engineering in Ending World Hunger
Global: The role engineering plays in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals.
Read MoreKey takeaways from the Oxford Farming Conference 2020
Global: The 11th annual Oxford Farming Conference 2020 set its sights on managing global food systems in innovative and environmentally sustainable ways.
Read MoreA Changing Climate for Cambodia’s Smallholders
Asia: The challenges that a changing climate brings to Cambodian farmers.
Read MoreNew Report Tracks Status of Agricultural Biodiversity
Global: The newly launched Agrobiodiversity Index report, compiled by Bioversity International, analyses the way in which countries are conserving and using their agricultural biodiversity.
Read MoreAgroecology According to Generation Y
Africa & Middle East: Young farmers tell Farming First about the importance of practising agroecology to benefit today’s generation and those to come.
Read MoreWorld Refugee Day: Building Resilience Through Farming in Kenya
Africa & Middle East: On World Refugee Day, Allan Ochieng Odera, Resilience Coordinator for Danish Refugee Council (DRC), tells Farming First about DRC's farming initiative in Kakuma camp, Kenya.
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