Last week saw the release of the 2012 Africa Progress Report, the annual report from the Africa Progress Panel. The report warns that Africa’s strong economic growth rate – which is expected to grow beyond 5% over the next two years – is at risk from rising inequality and the marginalization of whole sections of
Farming First and The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have jointly launched a new interactive infographic entitled “The Female Face of Farming”.
The infographic is a striking visual representation of the statistics that underlie the urgent need to invest in rural women. You can view the full infographic at: www.farmingfirst.org/women
Women are the backbone of
In October, the U.N Committee on World Food Security (CFS) opened its new session in Rome. CFS serves as a forum in the United Nations System for review and follow-up of policies concerning world food security, including food production and physical and economic access to food.
To coincide with CFS, Farming First organised a side-event on
The first of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. According to the World Bank report World Development Indicators 2003, one sixth of the world’s population suffers hunger due to extreme poverty. Part of the hunger problem that is increasingly receiving attention is nutrition insecurity, or malnutrition, which affects one
Thailand is a major fruit exporting country. Yet thousands of the country’s small fruit farmers used to struggle with poor yields. In addition, many lacked knowledge about food safety and meeting global standards for export.
Since 2006, the Thai Crop Protection Association (TCPA) has been actively reaching out to smallholders in Chantaburi, a key fruit production
Encouraging more crop rotation and intercropping is one simple measure that is good for farming and good for diets. Crop rotation means farmers plant a crop such as cereals in their field and then plant a legume and then an oilseed or another crop. In intercropping, at least two different crops are grown simultaneously in
