Burkina Faso is Africa’s biggest cotton producer. Monsanto, the US biotech giant, had its grip on cotton cultivation with its genetically modified seed contracts for almost ten years. But problems occurred and farmers…
Ladakh, tucked between Kashmir and Tibet in the northern Trans-Himalayan region, holds 90 per cent of India’s cold arid region. Bitter winter, cold winds and extreme weather pose numerous challenges for farmers in this…
Water scarcity, waterlogging and soil salinity have long been a major problem in the Western Indian state of Gujarat. To make things worse, the region was hit by a devastating earthquake in 2001. But with a simple…
For decades, the Mozambican port city of Beira was desolate. The civil war and a failed economy left deep wounds. But now a consortium of the government and corporations is promising a new start. The Beira Development…
Until the late sixties, Tanzania was the world’s leader in sisal production. But the advent of synthetic fibres brought about a collapse of the industry that it took very long to recover from. Now cultivation and…
The earlier quality is measured in the agricultural value chain, the more efficiently and sustainably farmers can reach higher quality of their products. However, there is still a lot to catch up on in providing such…
In the Karnataka state of India, the First Agro farm has more than 40 varieties of vegetables on sale, all of them free of chemical residues. Both hotels and restaurants as well as more and more retailers are…
Last year Angola earned 48 billion US dollars from petroleum. Yet the country that was once Africa’s largest agricultural producer is reduced to importing food. Now the government and private investors want to develop…
Despite criticisms, the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is gaining popularity among small and medium farmers in India not just because it has high potential in increasing rice yield, but also because it uses much…
The South-American palm species Acrocomia aculeata has great potential as a sustainable source for vegetable oils and provides economic opportunities for both smallholders and investors on less fertile crop- and…
10 Years of ProSoil: Sharing knowledge on good practices in soil protection and rehabilitation through the WOCAT Global Database on Sustainable Land Management
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