By: Ruth Tene Natsa
Date: June 15th 2016
Source: The Leadership
One of the key challenges to the development of the nation’s agro sector is the country’s ageing farming population. Ruth Tene Natsa writes on the need to encourage youths to go into agriculture as a business.
By: Beverly L Peters
Date: December 21st 2016
Source: Dispatch Live
Almost 40 years after independence, land reform remains at the heart of Zimbabwe’s political and economic challenges. But perhaps more than any other issue in Zimbabwe, it has historically been met with inertia from government and
By: Delfin T. Mallari Jr.
Date: January 28th 2016
Source: Inquirer Southern Luzon
It was a new day for farmers in an estate in Quezon province who had long been struggling to own the land they were tilling.
For the first time in their lives, farmers in the controversial Hacienda Matias in Quezon
By: Clelia Daniel
Date: August 10th 2016
Source: CSR Asia
By: Pia Ranada
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: Rappler
The presidential bet says land distribution under the Aquino government is a 'farce' because support services are not being given to farmers
MANILA, Philippines – Under the Aquino administration, farmers have endured a “total failure of
By: Mahmoud Solh
Date: August 26th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Al Jazeera
In the Amhara region of Ethiopia, farmers have given up on one of their staple crops. "Once our village was a major producer of faba bean," says farmer Yeshewalul Tilaye, from the Chichet village of Tarma Ber, "but we
By: Ilona Amos
Date: February 28th 2016
Source: The Scotsman
FARMERS must change the way land is used in order to safeguard human health, food supplies and the environment, Scottish scientists have warned.
By: Swastika Singh
Date: September 21st 2016
Source: Fijivillage.com
Different varieties of dalo, yams, cassava and sweet potatoes are some of the climate change resilient crops.
Permanent Secretary for Agriculture Jitendra Singh says to achieve sustainable food security, land and water
By: Luyolo Mkentane
Date: March 24th 2016
Source: IOL.co.za
Johannesburg - Mining conglomerates have been criticised as being among issues threatening South Africa’s food security as prime agricultural land was being taken over for the sole preserve of coal mining.
Agriculture industry role-
The majority of small-scale farmers have no legal access to water
India: How climate-smart agriculture is crucial for India's food security at a time of farm distress
By: G Seetharaman
Date: May 8th 2016
Source: The Economic Times