Agriculture extension workers in Lagos State have been trained in modern farming methodologies and tools for rice, aquaculture, and livestock farming. The three-day training held at the premises of ...

India, March 10 -- Agriculture has been the backbone of human civilisation since the earliest settlements. From ancient subsistence farming to modern precision agriculture, the sector has continuously ...

Soil salinization is a serious problem, especially in areas with less rainfall and increasingly arid climates. As climates change, flooding becomes more prevalent – another factor that leads to high ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. But now, industrialized, mass livestock farming —factory farming—is being increasingly funded by development banks. This is a problem ...

Humans have physically reconfigured half of the world’s land to grow just eight staple crops: maize (corn), soy, wheat, rice, cassava, sorghum, sweet potato and potato. They account for the vast ...

Patanjali’s supply chain ecosystem has created a strong market linkage for farmers, enabling them to directly contribute to ...

A rising global population means that maintaining viable agricultural space is one of the most pressing farming issues of 2023 and beyond. Vertical farming is growing crops indoors in stacked layers, ...

Southeast Texas often faces extreme weather, particularly during hurricane season. In the past decade, Hurricane Harvey in 2017 brought up to 60 inches of rain to Houston, and Tropical Storm Imelda in ...

Farmers in Bariyarpur village of Ajaygarh block (Panna, Madhya Pradesh) are increasingly adopting sustainable and ...

Divya Narain consults for Friends of the Earth, US and has received research funding from the Tiny Beam Fund. In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam ...