The Economist “Feeding the World” conference took place on 8th February in Geneva, for which Farming First was a media partner. Farming First video highlights of interviews with speakers and a summary article of the conference are available on The Economist Conferences website. Full length interviews with speakers will soon be available on Farming First TV.
The world’s population has now surpassed the seven billion mark and is predicted to reach nine billion by 2050. With a billion people already hungry, this raises the question– how can we feed them and the billions still to come?
This was the question being addressed last week at Economist Conferences “Feeding the World” summit in Geneva
As populations continue to grow, the world’s farmers have the formidable task of providing nutritious food for 9 billion people by 2050. Several fierce challenges still stand in their way as our world resources are under more strain than ever, whilst at the same time more frequent and extreme weather conditions caused by climate change
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is a term that has been coined to position agriculture as vital in mitigating and adapting to climate change. Our previous blog post on the subject reported that agriculture is currently responsible for 70 percent of water use globally, as well as up to 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. As demand
The launch of Bill Gates’ 2012 Annual Letter, released yesterday, has seen the Microsoft founder and philanthropist address audiences across the world on the importance of tackling poverty. One of his primary concerns in his 2012 letter is agriculture, and the crucial role it plays in international development.
Currently, over 1 billion people – about 15
Access to scalable information and communication technology is increasingly cited as being crucial to increased agricultural productivity and food security in rural communities. The global community e-agriculture works to unite people from all over the world that support this principle, and have recently compiled a list of the Top 10 interests of the e-agriculture community in 2011.
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