Family farming needs to attract younger people in order to maintain current levels of output.
Agriculture
International Year of Family Farming, RIICE
RIICE is a project running in Southeast Asia that is working to empower smallholder farmers and poverty-stricken individuals.
More Crop Per Drop
On World Water Day this year, Food Tank honors the projects, people, and programs working tirelessly to achieve more with less water.
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s New President: Juliette Majot
Join The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in welcoming Juliette Majot as their new president.
Innovation for Sustainability: Chicken Tractors, a Simple Innovation with a Big Payoff
The chicken tractor is a sustainable, humane, cost-effective, and fun way for farmers to integrate chickens into an agro-ecological system.
Skyscraper Farms Will Take Urban Agriculture to New Heights
Growing up may bear fruit in the fruit in the future. Skyscraper farms can be a reality.
Indigenous Crop: Dika – On the Brink of Domestication
The dika tree is only found in Western Africa. Known for its seeds, the dika tree also provides shade in the heat and humidity.
Exploring gender-based inequalities in land ownership in Africa
The International Food Policy Research Institute looks to more fully explore the gender-based inequalities in land ownership that exist across Africa.
Organic Agriculture — Between Pragmatism & Romanticisms: Insights into the work of FiBL in Frick
The Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL) looks to youth education to promote organic farming.
Going Against the Grain to Use Less Water: Rice Farmers Experiment with Direct-Seeded Rice
In these water-scarce times, direct-seeded rice can help farmers reduce water and labor inputs while maintaining or even improving rice yields.
