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  1. The new yuppies: how to build a new generation of tech-savvy farmers
    As farmers age around the globe – I estimate that the average age is 55 – we need to make sure that young people see the food system as a viable career option. These farmers are the future of food. They can help to mitigate and potentially reverse climate change, curb unemployment and…
  2. Moving in the right direction: join the debate on the CGIAR agenda
    Last week in Johannesburg, South Africa, the FARA@15 Celebration provided the opportunity to announce the first step of a consultation on the new CGIAR Strategy and Results Framework (SRF), as well as the forthcoming launch of the GCARD 3 process.   “GCARD3 will be a two-year…
  3. Call for Applications - Doctoral Programme with HORTINLEA
    Applications for the Doctoral Programme within the framework of the joint international research project HORTINLEA are welcome. The general objective of project HORTINLEA is to address pressing challenges of undernutrition, poverty and sustainability and to improve the livelihood and…
  4. Sharefair on Rural Women’s Technologies
    UN Women's Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa in partnership with FAO, IFAD and WFP has planned an Inspiring Agricultural Change: Sharefair on Rural Women's Technologies to Improve Food Security, Nutrition and Productive Family Farming. The Sharefair is a regional initiative aimed at…
  5. Making Agriculture “Cool” for Youth
    Agriculture has an image problem. Simply put, for the majority of the world’s youth, agriculture simply isn’t seen as being “cool” or attractive. Most think of it only as back-breaking labor, without an economic pay-off—and little room for career advancement. With an ageing population of…
  6. Development Partnerships Specialist
  7. Smallholder’s Access to ICT
    My earliest memories on issues involving small holder farmers’ access to Information and Communication Technologies are with the introduction of the radio. I had recently migrated from Kenya to India in the early days of 1970 to study and everything was new and strange to me, including…
  8. 2014 Borlaug Field Award: Nominate An Individual Under 40
    The $10,000 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation recognizes exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by an individual under 40 who has clearly demonstrated intellectual courage, stamina,…
  9. GFAR Bridges the Gender Gap, Uniting Agricultural Research & Concrete Projects
    Source: Food Tank According to a 2011 report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), women comprise around 43 percent of the agricultural labor force in developing countries. However, FAO also notes, “women face overt and implicit discrimination in access to…
  10. Building on local dynamics: 5 policy recommendations for enhancing innovation by African smallholder farmers
    Introducing improved technology does not automatically lead to innovation and desired change! It is one of many inputs into an ongoing, collective, interactive and multi-faceted innovation process that involves continuous adaptation to new conditions so as to improve system productivity, food…
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