Tag: sustainable agriculture
Growing quality crops brings wealth to Indonesia’s farmers
Asia: Farmers in Indonesia’s North Sumatra used to suffer from low productivity and lacked knowledge about fertilizer use, as well as responsible ways of protecting their crops. In addition, farmers were also putting their health at risk due to poor understanding of the use of personal protection when applying crop protection products. To solve these problems, […]
Read MoreTraining Farmers in Best Practice in Sri Lanka
Asia: Millions of farmers in Sri Lanka struggle to deal with pest infestations, leading to low crop yields. In addition, a study in 2007 by the University of Peradeniya on the use of pesticides in southern Mahaweli found that about 35 percent of the 250 farmers surveyed have experienced adverse reactions to pesticides while spraying their […]
Read MoreImproving Harvests Through Integrated Pest Management
Asia: Chili farmers in Andra Pradesh used to lose up to 40 percent of their harvest to pest infestations. With poor quality crops, farmers failed to secure high prices in the market. In addition, excessive use of crop protection products resulted in high pesticide residue levels in produce, compromising food safety and risking rejection for export. […]
Read MoreHarnessing Technology for Food Security
Asia: Ensuring food security in China, the world’s most populous nation, requires concerted efforts by the central and local governments as well as the private sector. From raising farm productivity to improving food safety, steering China’s millions of farmers towards agricultural technology is key in achieving self-sufficiency. Since 2003, CropLife China has joined with the National Agri-Technical […]
Read MoreFarmer Outreach Boosts Crop Yields and Income
Asia: For millions of farmers in Bangladesh, increasing crop yields and boosting income is a struggle amid challenges such as lack of access to technology, post-harvest losses, financing and natural calamities. As most farmers know little about using crop protection products responsibly, pollution of the environment has been a common problem in rural Bangladesh. Mizanur Rahman, […]
Read MoreFrom Gold to Golden Harvests: Agricultural Enterprise in Kenya
Africa & Middle East: Former workers in an old mining district in Kenya are being given agricultural skills to farm abandoned mining land and improve their livelihoods. The Migori District in Kenya used to have a thriving mining industry but in 1966, companies packed up, leaving behind a lot of abandoned land and a lot of unemployed miners. Whilst […]
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