By Rebecca on May 10, 2013
One Acre Fund and Yara will be representing Farming First at the third session of the UN General Assembly Open Working Group (OWG) in New York from May 22nd to May 24th.
Topics scheduled for discussion include food security and nutrition, sustainable agriculture, desertification and land degradation. The outcomes from the OWG will help shape the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), offering a starting
By Rebecca on March 22, 2013
Today on World Water Day UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon addressed the central role of water in global development, saying: “We must work together to protect and carefully manage this essential and finite resource […] Let us harness the best technologies and share the best practices to get more crop per drop.”
This year, the major
By Rebecca on March 6, 2013
Friday 8th March is International Women’s Day and Farming First will be highlighting the vital role women play in food security throughout the week.
Female farmers still face many barriers that prevent them from increasing yields and making a sustainable living from their farm. In many societies law and tradition bar women from owning and inheriting land,
By Farming First on November 29, 2010
With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, TechnoServe is undertaking a major initiative to help small-scale coffee farmers in East Africa double their incomes. TechnoServe business advisors focus their efforts in four areas: agronomy and training to provide farmers with practical knowledge that will increase yields; installation of wet mills to produce washed
By Rebecca on May 17, 2013
Last week from 8 – 10 May leading business, government and global development experts from around the world were in Cape Town for the World Economic Forum on Africa.
This year the theme of the forum was “Delivering on Africa’s Promise”, with an expected annual economic growth of 5% in 2012-13, Africa has the potential to
By Rebecca on May 10, 2013
One Acre Fund and Yara will be representing Farming First at the third session of the UN General Assembly Open Working Group (OWG) in New York from May 22nd to May 24th.
Topics scheduled for discussion include food security and nutrition, sustainable agriculture, desertification and land degradation. The outcomes from the OWG will help shape the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), offering a starting
By Rebecca on April 30, 2013
From 15-16 April leading experts and figures from around the world met in Dublin to discuss pressing global challenges such as food security, nutrition and climate change. The conference, entitled Hunger – Nutrition – Climate Justice, was not a typical gathering of policy makers and world leaders, as grassroots representatives from around the world were