Lentils, beans, chick peas, and other pulses often produce negative “collateral social effects” on people hanging around, just a couple of hours after eating them. But, believe it or not, they contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. How come?See the…
A 10-year study conducted by the Swiss Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in two sub-counties in Kenyahas found that with lower input costs lower and higher market prices for organic produce, incomes for organic farmers start to be higher…
M Zahidul Haque Sher-E-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) is situated in the heart of the capital city-Dhaka. It was established as the Bengal Agricultural Institute in 1938 by the then Chief Minister of Bengal, Sher-e-Bangla A K Fazlul Haq. Since its…
Dhaka-Farmers in the district are expecting a bumper production of jute this season riding on favourable weather and availability of quality seeds and fertilisers.
Dhaka -Farmers in Netrakona are expecting a bumper production of jute this season riding on favourable weatherand availability of quality seeds and fertilisers.As the farmers of ten upazilas in the district have got satisfactory profits in jute cultivation over the last…
Aurel Keller Cuba has come a long way since the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the loss of imports crucial for the island nation’s industrial agriculture system—such as chemical pesticides and fertilizers—left Cuba with a severe food crisis in…
She is only 24 and already running her father’s farm with 110 milking cows. Cornelia Flatten sees herself as a farmer for the rest of her life.“It’s my passion,” says the young German. “It is not just about the money…
Dhaka – The Government of Bangladesh and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed a financial agreement to increase incomes and reduce extreme poverty and hunger for more than one million poor farming households in Bangladesh by increasing…
Dhaka – Experts here at a discussion on Wednesday claimed that no harmful chemical ingredient has been detected in the locally produced Tilapia fish.They came up with the assurance in response to propaganda against the locally produced Tilapia fish by…
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has tasked a Working Group to develop an effective system for benefit sharing by companies that use crop seeds from the Treaty’s Multilateral System. The current system uses a…
In 1971, then US Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz uttered these unsympathetic words: “Before we go back to organic agriculture in this country, somebody must decide which 50 million Americans we are going to let starve or go hungry.” Since…
African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), in partnership with Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania (MVIWATA) and Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT), has shared a new report, “Farmer managed seed systems in Morogoro and Mvomero, Tanzania: The disregarded wealth of smallholder farmers”.…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticised vigilantes who portray themselves as protectors of cows – an animal considered sacred by Hindus.Mr Modi, a Hindu nationalist, said such people made him “angry”, and any such attacks must be investigated, reports…
Day after day the demand of cucumber is increase in the middle class like the upper class. Cucumber is one of the most delicious salad items in our daily meal. As the demand of various areas over five thousand farmers…
Since 1993, the Trondheim Conferences on Biodiversity have provided a valuable forum for dialogue amongst stakeholders on key issues relating to implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Against the backdrop of the CBD’s Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020…
Seattle (AP/UNB) — Genetically modified wheat not approved for sale or commercial production in the United States has been found growing in a field in Washington state, agriculture officials said Friday, posing a possible risk to trade with countries concerned…
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Thursday said that the country is now self sufficient in food production due to adoption of modern technology in the agriculture sector particularly during the regime of the present government.”The hybrid technology which was adopted…
Dhaka-Farmers have started harvesting of Parija paddy in Panchagarh.This season farmers are getting new parija paddy which is indeed Aus paddy.
Sopan Joshi Erratic rainfall and unexpected humidity, a fallout of increasingly unpredictable weather due to climate change, is hurting the cultivation and harvest of India’s favourite fruit There’s no one better than Vivek Bhide for information and lore about the…
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of ‘The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (Bari) Bill, 2016’ aiming to increase the capacity of the institute alongside streamlining its research activities.
Hanoi – Government representatives and agricultural development specialists will gather in Hanoi 6-7 July to discuss the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) approach to decentralizing its operations in Asia and the Pacific. The workshop will inform an independent evaluation…
by Christopher D. Cook, Kari Hamerschlag and Kendra Klein Friends of the Earth Hunger is not primarily a problem of overall supply of food, but rather of poverty, lack of democracy and unequal access to land, water and other resources,…
HarvestPlus is proud to congratulate 2016 World Food Prize Laureate Dr. Howarth “Howdy” Bouis, who won for his pioneering work in addressing the global problem of micronutrient deficiencies, known as hidden hunger, through biofortification. The World Food Prize, known as…
Rajshahi Correspondent Expanded mung-bean farming has opened up the money-making door for more than twenty thousand rural women, including students, as they are harvesting the cash crop in the greater Rajshahi region this season. Harvest of mung bean is going…
Danielle Nierenberg According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), approximately 80 percent of all flowering plant species reproduce with the help of pollinator animals like bees, butterflies, birds, and more. This accounts for at least one third of…
Dhaka-Cultivation of Boro rice to the puddle field using the saplings from seedbed is widely introduced in our country. According to soil types, a total of 3 to 5 liter water is used to produce one kg of paddy in…
Dhaka – Cyclone ‘Roanu’ on Saturday caused huge damages to crops and livestock in three upazilas — Anwara, Banshkhali and Sandwip — in the Southeastern distric of Chittagong, unb news agency reported. According to a preliminary estimate of the district…
Danielle Nierenberg The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has estimated that there are more than 570 million farms in the world. Behind each farm – at least 90 percent of which are considered family farms – is a farmer,…
New Delhi, 12 May 2016 – Development projects supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in India have been effective in reducing poverty and improving the livelihoods of rural poor people, according to an independent evaluation report presented…
Dhaka – Harvest of Boro paddy, the min staple crop, has began and is progressing fastacross Bangladesh. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said farmers have cultivated Boro paddy on vast tracts of land and are expecting a good…