The Farmers Guardian has written an article about how small-scale farmers can contribute to the fight against a future food crisis.
Farming First’s Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda spoke the growing importance which agriculture is seen to have in global policymaking recently:
The signs are encouraging but we need to make sure the money is invested in long
The World Bank stated that in an action to help ensure vital food security it will increase its support for agriculture to 12 billion dollars in 2009 from $4 billion allocated in 2008.
The World Bank announcement said:
Increases over this two-year period include a near doubling in agricultural support to Africa from 450 million dollars to
An innovative programme launched in 2005 for groundnut farmers in Malawi helps farmers to obtain certified seeds, which produce increased yields and revenues as well as greater resistance to disease.
In addition, the National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi, in conjunction with the Insurance Association of Malawi and with technical assistance from the World Bank and
