Danielle Nierenberg Last week, I wrote asking you to join Food Tank and reminding you about all that we accomplished together in 2018. Now let’s look forward. Our plans for 2019 are simply amazing, and we are embarking on our…
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Food Tank’s successful year 2018 in review
Danielle Nierenberg It’s been an incredible year at Food Tank in terms of our ability to incite, inspire, and spotlight change happening across the food system.
Agroecology has full potential for sustainable food systems
Alarming rates of food insecurity and malnutrition persist alongside the growing crises of biodiversity loss and climate change. Food systems are at a critical juncture and a dramatic transition to agroecology is urgently needed. Agroecology’s profile in the national and…
Californians weigh making egg-laying hens cage-free by 2022
San Francisco, Oct 7 (AP/UNB) — California voters are right to think they already weighed in on how big cages should be for egg-laying hens.
Tk 800mn incentive announced for 690000 farmers
The government on Sunday announced a Tk 79.99 crore incentive for 6,90,970 farmers across the country, aiming to increase the production of 11 varieties of crops.
Building resilience through agroecology
Dhaka, Oct 1 – Agriculture takes up almost 40% of the planet’s ice-free land surface, accounts for 70% of the freshwater used in the world, and produces about 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. It is also the single biggest driver of…
Climate change demands global transformation of agriculture
Unless action is taken now to make agriculture more sustainable, productive and resilient, climate change impacts will seriously compromise food production.
UN agri fund mulls decentralised operations in Asia-Pacific
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…
2016 World Food Prize Laureate Dr. Howarth
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…
Mung bean farming makes rural women self-reliant in Rajshahi
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…
BAU: Boro cultivation in dry field can save 50% water and electricity
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…
IFAD-funded projects help improve lives of India’s rural poor
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…
Access to genetic data is “the big issue of our time”
By Edward Hammond Regulating access to genetic data is “the big issue of our time” in crop development, says Cornell University’s Edward Buckler. The maize geneticist contends that, at least for industrial agriculture, “Germplasm is becoming the information technology that…
Asia’s first-ever wheat blast fungal disease spotted in Bangladesh
Dhaka – Wheat blast, a fearsome fungal disease of wheat, has been spotted in Bangladesh, the first case in Asia, unb news agency reported. The blast disease has so far caused up to 90 percent yield losses in more than…
Upscaling community seed banks, upholding farmers’ rights
The global seed market has grown considerably in the last decades into a multibillion-dollar industry, largely due to more farmers purchasing seeds. Despite the growth in the commercial seed sector, the majority of farmers in the developing world still depend…
Citrus fruits production to mark rise in Bangladesh
Rafiqul Islam, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka – The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has targeted to produce additional 2,000 metric tonnes of citrus fruit production, including orange, blood orange (that we call malta), grapefruit and lemon, by 2021. “About 800…
22 organizations working to restore soils in 2016
Danielle Nierenberg According to the recent United Nations report, Status of the World’s Soil Resources, the world can ameliorate soil degradation if more sustainable practices are promptly implemented. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines soil degradation as “a…
BAU observes Animal Husbandry Day
Students and teachers of animal husbandry faculty of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) observed Animal Husbandry Day on the campus on Monday. To observe the day a colorful procession was brought out in front of the faculty which ended at the…
‘Nutrition club’ launched at BAU
A new organisation named ‘Nutrition Club’ was launched at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Saturday. The club started with the motto of ‘Engage youth in nutrition’ to ensure health and nutrition of women & children and promote smart…
Seed distributed at BAU
High yield variety of rice seeds and sewing machine were distributed to female farmers at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensing on Friday. BINA-11 and BINA-12 dhan of Aman rice variety distributed at free of cost under project ‘Production and…
Poultry farming threatened by high prices of chicks
Continuous losses in the poultry business leads local poultry farmers to utter despair because of unusual price hike of the poultry feed and day old chicks (DOC) in the country. The perpetual losses in the poultry business for the last…
Climate change to force deadly diet shift
Tania Rabesandratana Climate change will severely impact global food production, causing an estimated 529,000 deaths by 2050 from resulting diet shifts compared with a future without higher carbon emissions, a study says. Changes in temperature and precipitation “are expected to…
International Women’s Day: Improving the lives of women farmers
Danielle Nierenberg Tuesday, March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD). The theme, “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality,” addresses the continuing injustices faced by women across the globe. Women farmers’ yields, for example, are often 20–30…
Fortified rice raises risk of hookworm infections
Eating fortified rice increases the risk of hookworm infections, a study in Cambodian schoolchildren shows, suggesting that the rice’s added nutrients inadvertently help parasites grow.
Groundbreaking new book: Eating planet
Danielle Nierenberg This week, I am participating in an event to launch the new edition of the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation’s (BCFN) groundbreaking book, Eating Planet. Please CLICK HERE to read a free excerpt and learn more.…
10 questions for US presidential candidates
Danielle Nierenberg In a recent poll by the Union of Concerned Scientists, 94 percent of American voters expressed concern about the state of the food system – and also said that food was a very important issue to them. More…
New concept of food to reduce global warming
With the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence a whole new concept of food may soon radically change what we eat. And at the same time, some experts believe it could reduce global warming.
27 women we love
Danielle Nierenberg There are hundreds of women who inspire us at Food Tank. They are entrepreneurs, stewards of the land, business owners, researchers, farmers, and innovators who are the backbone of the world’s food systems. On average, women represent 43…
African farmers lead way in climate-resilient agroecology
In 2015, the Oakland Institute released 33 case studies providing irrefutable evidence of the tremendous success of agroecological agriculture across the African continent in the face of climate change, hunger, and poverty. Agroecological projects have restored degraded land and saved…
Ways to grow more organic food in Bangladesh
Rasha Binte Mohiuddin In recent years modern system of chemical agriculture has attracted criticism on the ground that it is no longer ecologically sustainable nor economically viable, and that it may prejudice the health and well-being of both humans and…