Gapminder Agriculture, a new data-tracking tool from the Gapminder Foundation, allows viewers to interact personally with various pieces of data to watch how agriculture has developed globally over time and by country.
Hans Rosling and his Stockholm-based team at the Gapminder Foundation have revolutionised the way in which the general public perceives development data. Not only
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has just launched an interactive world map highlighting some of the many success stories in agricultural development from around the world. It is part of a wider upcoming launch of their newest publication, Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development, which will be released on 12 November.
The interactive
One of the many unwelcome side-effects of global warming is the unpredictable weather patterns that it causes. In Brazil, those same patterns could be the start of a severe disruption to the country’s agriculture sector.
Reuters breaks down what is at stake for Brazil and the rest of the world:
At stake is a $250 billion farm
Farming First is participating in Blog Action Day 2009, which brings the world’s bloggers together to discuss a common issue from their own perspectives. More than 6800 blogs in 135 countries will be addressing this year’s topic of climate change.
For our part, we’re looking at an interesting article appearing in The Economist this week discusses
March and April are the driest months in Bangladesh. During this time, up to 880,000 hectares of land is left fallow because of the intrusion of saltwater into the soil.
Bangladesh is benefiting from new research into how to make this land productive during the dry season. Using simple drip irrigation technology on raised planting beds,
A recent story from the Catholic News Service discusses how the Vatican has endorsed the idea of African farmers using biotechnology as a means of bringing themselves out of poverty.
Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, former secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said that new technologies “that can stimulate and sustain African farmers” must be
