Leading up to the Resilience 2014 conference, a workshop on Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystems will be held by Bioversity International and CIRAD, the French agricultural research for development centre. In this blog post Fabrice DeClerck from B…
INDIA – A training programme to enhance the entrepreneurial and agriculture technology skills of a network of rural women called ‘Info Ladies’ was held last week from 26 – 28 February.
The World Agroforestry Centre’s work on evergreen agriculture has won the award of ‘Best initiative by a governmental or statutory body’ in the UK’s 2013 Climate Week. The winning entry, “EverGreen Agriculture: feeding the wor…
Journal of Applied Sciences (2013). Volume: 13, Issue: 2. Pages: 278-285. A. Togola, P.A. Seck, I.A. Glitho, A. Diagne, C. Adda, A. Toure, F.E. Nwilene et al.In Benin, on-farm storage of paddy rice is increasingly exposed to pest damage. Insect infesta…
For farmers to successfully adapt to changes in rainfall, the roles of farmers’ perceptions and semantic challenges should not be underestimated, say scientists.
