In villages across the world, smallholder farmers have banded together to cut their costs and raise their profits. These collectives […]
Ready for Anything?
October 26, 2012 by ·
The timing was perfect, unfortunately. This past June, a United Nations committee released a report called Food Security and Climate […]
Kenyan Triple Play
October 26, 2012 by ·
Farming for the planet can also be good for the bottom line. A new study has identified “triple wins”—specific farming […]
Indian Enigma
October 26, 2012 by ·
It shouldn’t be like this. In India, where economic growth has boomed in recent years, more than 40 percent of […]
On the Road
October 26, 2012 by ·
In a vast, rapidly developing country like Ethiopia, data—about everything from literacy rates to the number of flour mills—is essential […]
Who’s Farming?
October 26, 2012 by ·
Many agricultural development programs are launched with a faulty assumption: that the farmer is a man. But millions of small-scale […]
Farming Smarter
June 14, 2012 by ·
Conservation agriculture is increasingly common on large commercial farms. The tricky part is making it work for small-scale farmers.
When Medicine Is Not Enough
June 14, 2012 by ·
IFPRI’s 10-year RENEWAL program changed how people think about AIDS and food security.
