Members of the Philippine media visited IRRI’s Golden Rice screenhouse yesterday as part of a day-long event focused on research into nutritious and high-quality rice.
WorldFish and the NEPAD Agency of the African Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen international support for Africa’s aquatic agricultural systems. In support of NEPAD’s Rural Futures Initiative and CAADP, this partnership is de…
While much of the public attention to climate change focuses on carbon dioxide it is two other greenhouse gases, nitrous oxide and methane that comprise the largest part of agriculture’s contribution to climate change. Learn more. Written by: Meryl R…
We’ve heard a lot at Africa Agriculture Science Week about the complex problems facing African farmers, particularly as climate changes, populations boom, and ecosystems degrade. Boosting crop yields is simply not going to deliver the needed solu…
Lucy can hardly contain her excitement. A farmer from Dazuuri village, in Ghana’s Upper West Region, she is positive on just about everything. But this topic is one of her favourites: composting. Written by Caity Peterson.
