Emile Frison, Director General, Bioversity International, is currently attending the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Korea where he took part in: ‘From Competition to Collaboration between Agriculture and Conservation. Here he shares his thoughts…
Moving into the fifth day of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, today’s events include many focused on Indigenous Peoples rights and management of natural resources. Pernilla Malmer, Senior Advisor on Agriculture and Biodiversity with The Resilien…
A major new research report from AgWater Solutions, launched at the Stockholm World Water Week last month, highlighted the huge potential that small scale farm water innovations have to improve yields and incomes for poor farmers. In Burkina Faso, one…
Optimism about the achievability of global food security was tempered by pessimism on man’s ability to achieve this without wrecking the earth’s natural systems at the Stockholm Water Laureate’s Seminar at World Water Week.
If we are to produce enough food for the anticipated 9 billion global population by 2050, achieving improved productivity in rain-fed agricultural systems will be essential. 95% of farming in Africa is rain-fed, and even in South Asia, with its long hi…
