Smallholder farmers may need to shift to hardier crops like millet and sorghum because of higher temperatures caused by climate change, according to a new study by the CGIAR Consortium’s Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
A new study by FAO argues that to succeed, livestock breed conservation efforts must empower women.Women livestock keepers worldwide must be recognized as the major actors in efforts to arrest the decline of indigenous breeds, crucial for rural food se…
Zoonoses, diseases passed from animals to humans, and diseases recently emerged from animals, make up 26 percent of the infectious disease burden in low-income countries, compared with 0.7 percent in high-income countries, according to a study led by I…
Ms Cecilia Wangui Ndung’u is a happy maize farmer. Of late, her produce has not been going to waste. The notorious storage weevil commonly known as Osama is no longer a threat. The reason – a metal silo invention.
In some drying regions, smallholders will be forced to switch from crop growing to livestock raising, and/or from raising dairy cows to raising dairy or other goats. This matters to many. Read new report by CCAFS.
