Southeast Asia’s appetite for animal-sourced foods is growing rapidly, but ruminant livestock farmers across the region are hitting a hard limit: there simply isn’t enough quality feed to go around. Without change, this shortage will hold back productivity, rural incomes, and the sustainability of livestock systems. A recent study covering Vietnam, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Laos, and Thailand has laid out
Set on a charming farm in Nairobi, 16 agri-tech innovation teams took the centre stage. After months of refining their solutions, these entrepreneurs faced a high-stakes, Shark Tank-style Demo Day, presenting their ideas to over 100 attendees and six discerning investors in just four minutes each—followed by intense Q&A sessions. Set on a charming farm in Nairobi, 16 agri-tech innovation
Set on a charming farm in Nairobi, 16 agri-tech innovation teams took the centre stage. After months of refining their solutions, these entrepreneurs faced a high-stakes, Shark Tank-style Demo Day, presenting their ideas to over 100 attendees and six discerning investors in just four minutes each—followed by intense Q&A sessions. View original article .wysiwyg a::after {margin-left: 10px;top: -1px;}
In Colombia’s post-conflict regions, deforestation is more than an environmental issue—it reflects deep social transformations. A new study reveals how local perceptions can unlock better forest conservation strategies rooted in community realities. View original article .wysiwyg a::after {margin-left: 10px;top: -1px;}
By Abdul Haque, Sharif Ahmed, and Humnath Bhandari The economy of Bangladesh is largely dependent on agriculture, and most of the people are dependent on it directly and indirectly. Agriculture remains vital for GDP (11.3%), employment, and food security. But nowadays, this sector faces several challenges, such as climate change, labor shortages, increasing input costs, and price volatility of produced
“The world struggles to feed its growing population” is an all-too-common headline. Several reasons are behind this challenge, including inefficiencies in food production and distribution, food waste, and a lack of equitable access to healthy diets. Our food system bears significant environmental externalities, including biodiversity loss, land degradation, and greenhouse gas emissions. Ecosystem deterioration exacerbates the shortage of adequate
By Sumaya Tabassum, Khondker Murshed-e-Jahan Highlights: South–South collaboration aims to strengthen capacity to scale hatchery-based SIS seed production system for nutrition-sensitive aquaculture across Asia and Africa. Hands-on demonstrations highlighted scalable genetic innovations and sustainable seed dissemination models. Knowledge sharing across regions reinforces the potential for local adaptation of SIS breeding protocols. Why Hatchery Based SIS Seed Production Matters Hatchery-based mass
Over a decade ago, Ambarish Patel Patanawar was a hatchery operator in Nawalparasi District, Nepal, striving to improve the quality of fish seed for smallholder farmers. At the time, Nepal lacked a reliable supply of hatchery-produced seed for key species like carp. Farmers depended heavily on fingerlings imported from India or transported from distant parts of Nepal, which often arrived