GFAR has joined forces with Food Tank to raise awareness of the challenges faced by smallholders and to identify ways to support family farmers.
Innovation and Technology
Food Tank Launches Democratizing Innovation Research Program –– Share Your Solutions!
Food Tank announces the exciting start of a research project with the McKnight Foundation and YOU to learn about innovational solutions to the food system!
Join the Conversation on ICTs and Family Farming
GFAR pledged to increase joint efforts to boost the contribution of science, technology and innovation to enable family farmers to improve their livelihoods.
Presenting the 60 Second Selfie Innovation Challenge!
Planet Forward is looking for your selfie videos about sustainable innovations in your community and your campus related to food, energy, and climate change.
Thimble Island Oyster Co. Takes Sustainable Gardening Underwater
Thimble Island Oyster Co. uses a system of vertical ocean farming in hope of transforming the fishing industry into a sustainable food economy.
VIDEO: How Collaborative Technologies Are Improving Family Farming
Experts discuss how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can improve family farming and make it more sustainable, resilient, and profitable.
New Database is a Portal to the World of Agricultural Innovation
AgriVIVO, a new search portal and database, will connect agricultural innovators and drive development.
Innovation for Sustainability: Harnessing the Earth’s Geothermal Energy
Geothermal energy is an ancient source of energy that is only recently being harnessed for the modern world.
Ten Food Apps that Educate, Inspire, and Empower Eaters
These apps make shopping for food faster, cheaper, and healthier.
Five Ways to Make Agriculture Innovation Better Serve the Needs of Women Farmers
The Gender in Agriculture Partnership aims to close the gender gap in agriculture to improve food security, livelihoods, and development.
Innovation for Sustainability—WISErg Harvests Nutrients from Food Waste
WISErg’s “zero waste nutrient recovery system” intercepts nutrients from discarded food before it becomes waste.
Five Recommendations for Sustaining Agricultural Innovation
Innovation on African smallholder farms is the subject of a new report available through the Global Forum on Agriculture Research.
PlantCatching is the Airbnb of Gardening
It’s not always easy to get into gardening when living in a city. PlantCatching has been created to help gardeners connect and overcome this difficulty.
Harvesting Better Access to Information
Farmers’ access to profit-building mobile tech suffers from two C’s: connectivity and content. Governments, NGOs, and private sector can help.
Finding Locally Grown Produce Is Easier Than You’d Think
RipeNearMe helps people to find fresh food growing in their local area.
Pearls of Production: A New Tool to Improve Millet Yields
New grain tools allow farmers to thresh pearl millet efficiently, sustainably, and productively, increasing yields and the independence of small family farms.
The Smart Gardener Takes the Guesswork Out of Gardening
The Smart Gardener uses technology to help gardeners plan, plant, and harvest their gardens.
Technology to the Rescue?
The right agricultural technologies can increase yields while protecting natural resources.
Innovation for Sustainability: Prized Worldwide- The Neem Tree Finds a Niche Around the World
Societies all over the world have found uses for the neem tree, especially as a natural pesticide and fertilizer in agro-ecological systems and as a medicine.
Innovation for Sustainability: Drying Racks Improve Fish Processing in Burundi
A system of raised drying racks introduced by the FAO has helped improve the livelihood of many in Burundi’s fishing industry.