In Zanzibar, small-scale fishers are entering the digital era. Previously reliant on delayed reports from handwritten logs, they now benefit from near real-time information processed and displayed on decision dashboards. These tools are reshaping how marine resources are monitored, managed, and conserved.
A recent study published in Social Science & Medicine provides new evidence on how price-based interventions can influence consumption of healthy foods in low- and middle-income countries.
Young people’s aspirations for gaining a greater income than their parents, and the barriers facing them in agriculture for achieving this, are not new. However, speakers at a recent conference indicated that it is not that one-dimensional. Youth also value their connection to place, well-being and food security.
Community health workers (CHWs) increasingly play a central role in delivering essential primary health services in low-income settings.
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in partnership with the Government of Odisha, ICAR–Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (ICAR-CRIDA), and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), jointly organised the State-level Inception Workshop of the Odisha Agriculture Drought Mitigation Programme (OADMP) in Bhubaneswar on 30 January 2026.
On February 2, 2026, the United States and India finalized a trade deal in which the U.S. will reduce its tariffs from 50% to 18% on merchandise imports from India.
On November 27, 2025, over 100 experts gathered in Accra for the CircularEconomy4Ghana Consultation Workshop: a high-level event exploring how circular economy principles can drive sustainable growth in Ghana’s agricultural sector.
Environmental taxation—levying taxes on activities, inputs, or products that generate environmental harm—is a politically volatile issue. In 2024, farmer protests erupted across much of Europe, driven by participants who largely felt excluded from national and European Union green policy decisions, including reduced tax breaks on diesel inputs and taxes on nitrogen emissions.