Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science at The Ohio State University, Continue reading
How Soil Health Contributes to Sustainable Development
Stories tagged: soil health
Solving The Water Crisis by Saving Money in Agriculture
Carbon Sequestration – Gaining Ground
Ed Keturakis, Vice President of Program Development at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) and a New Mexico farmer Continue reading
Two Innovations Transforming India’s Potato Sector
Navin Horo, National Project Coordinator of the ProSoil project, and Lukas Hanke, Intern at Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector – India Continue reading
Ground Truth: Digital Innovations to Improve Soil Health
Meera Shah, Project Administrator at Malabo Montpellier Panel, discusses the critical role of digital technologies in understanding the health of soil. Continue reading
Science-Based, Smarter Farming for Africa
As part of Farming First’s agroecology in action series, Ishmael Sunga, CEO of SACAU writes about the importance of using data to mitigate the effects of climate change on agriculture
African farmers, the majority of whom are smallholders, face myriad challenges.
These challenges are related to the entire cycle of farming, from pre-investment and production to post-production and marketing. They result in low volumes, low productivity, low quality products, and high post-harvest losses. Typically, farmers operate in a high-risk-low-return environment.