Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
How smarter financing can boost Nepal’s seed sector
Innovations
Nepal’s push to grow its seed sector is expanding to banking, with new financial measures expected to benefit seed companies across the country.
Borlaug Dialogue delegates widen net to curb threat from fall armyworm
Nutrition, health and food security
World Food Prize laureates have joined forces with an international alliance battling the fall armyworm, an aggressive pest indigenous to the Americas with a voracious appetite, and now widespread throughout Africa.
Campaign against residue burning seeks to make India’s “food bowl” sustainable
Climate adaptation and mitigation
In the 1960s, India became the center of the Green Revolution. Today, India needs a new Green Revolution.
Improved wheat helps reduce women’s workload in rural Afghanistan
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
New research shows improved wheat raises the quality of life for men and women across rural communities in Afghanistan.
Scaling sustainable agriculture in South Asia
Climate adaptation and mitigation
A two-day regional policy dialogue on scaling conservation agriculture for sustainable intensification in South Asia was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from September 8-9, 2017.
Afghanistan scientists assess achievements of Australia-funded wheat research
Nutrition, health and food security
Afghanistan scientists meet to reflect on achievements after 15 years of Australia-funded wheat research.
New Publications: Mitigating greenhouse gas emission from rising food production
A new study identifies the key ways to keep up with India’s rising food demand while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions.
New evidence shows forests help reduce malnutrition
Nutrition, health and food security
Living near forests can help locals increase their dietary diversity, and combat hidden hunger.
Zimbabwe enacts new strategy in fall armyworm fight
Capacity development
The fall armyworm has since caused significant damage on over 280,000 hectares of maize in Africa since 2015. Zimbabwe established a fall armyworm working group in July this year to bring all stakeholders together and find solutions to manage the impacts of the pest in the country.
Entrepreneurship increases youth employment in Nepal
Capacity development
CSISA partnership with a young entrepreneur in Nepal helps keep other youths involved in Agriculture.
Zimbabwe steps up food security with vitamin A maize
Nutrition, health and food security
More farmers in Zimbabwe are demanding high-yielding, highly nutritious and drought tolerant provitamin A maize.
Increased investment needed to adapt Africa’s agriculture to climate change
Nutrition, health and food security
Delegates at a conference in June called for a new focus and increase in investment to ensure eastern and southern Africa’s farming systems can withstand the impacts of climate change.
Farmers at center of sustainable agriculture in Kenya
Capacity development
Climate change’s impact in eastern and southern Africa has driven many farmers to seek new planting techniques that maintain or increase crop production, despite fewer resources.
Seminar seeks to boost wheat production in West and Central Asia
Capacity development
The sixth International Winter Wheat Travelling Seminar was recently held in Krasnodar, Russia, to improve wheat breeding across West and Central Asia.
Breaking Ground: More data on gender roles key for a food secure world, says Anya Umantseva
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Social inequality, including gender discrimination, hinders the potential for economic development, a key focus of the agriculture for development community.
