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- Optimising Agrifood Systems: A Recipe for Youth Employment in Africaby Ousmane Badiane (Farming First) on March 15, 2024
A recent Malabo Montpellier Panel report shares how Africa's agrifood system offers untapped employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for Africa's youth. The post Optimising Agrifood Systems: A Recipe for Youth Employment in Africa appeared first on Farming First.
- Deforestation: A Brazilian Farm’s Success Story Protecting the Forestby Vicente Neto (Farming First) on March 13, 2024
A multi-generation family business in Brazil is adopting sustainable intensification to protect the lands against deforestation. The post Deforestation: A Brazilian Farm’s Success Story Protecting the Forest appeared first on Farming First.
- Fish Farmers Intervention: We Need to Scale Up Climate Innovations for Aquaculture Resilienceby Essam Mohammed (Farming First) on March 11, 2024
Climate change is unfolding a crisis that impacts small-scale fish farmers deeply, but Climate Information Services offer pragmatic solutions. The post Fish Farmers Intervention: We Need to Scale Up Climate Innovations for Aquaculture Resilience appeared first on Farming First.
- Why Africa’s Livestock Intensification Cannot Leave Women Behindby Zoe Campbell (Farming First) on March 8, 2024
GALVMed experts highlight initiatives to ensure gender-equitable livestock intensification for women livestock keepers. The post Why Africa’s Livestock Intensification Cannot Leave Women Behind appeared first on Farming First.
- Tenure Security Can Empower Women Farmers and Increase Food Securityby Maja Schling (Farming First) on March 7, 2024
Increased tenure security for women farmers can lead to more diversified crop production and better food security, according to new research. The post Tenure Security Can Empower Women Farmers and Increase Food Security appeared first on Farming First.
- How the Climate Crisis Affects Rural Women: A Conversation with Lauren Phillipsby Lauren Philips (Farming First) on March 5, 2024
Lauren Phillips, FAO’s Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, explains how the climate crisis impact women differently than men. The post How the Climate Crisis Affects Rural Women: A Conversation with Lauren Phillips appeared first on Farming First.
- Strengthening Potato Value Chains in Pakistan by Breaking Gender Stereotypesby Umair Safdar (Farming First) on February 28, 2024
A CABI-led project is changing women’s role in agriculture by helping them build technical knowledge and skills in potato value chains. The post Strengthening Potato Value Chains in Pakistan by Breaking Gender Stereotypes appeared first on Farming First.
- Resilient Food Systems and the Power of Diversity: A Conversation with Elisabetta Recineby Elisabetta Recine (Farming First) on February 26, 2024
CONSEA's president Elisabetta Recine shares insights into the challenges and the power of participation in building resilient food systems. The post Resilient Food Systems and the Power of Diversity: A Conversation with Elisabetta Recine appeared first on Farming First.
- Economists Calculate Multi-trillion Dollar Opportunity to Transform the Global Food Systemby EAT (Farming First) on February 23, 2024
Reviewing global food system economics, leading economists chart how to improve food insecurity through shifts in policy and practice. The post Economists Calculate Multi-trillion Dollar Opportunity to Transform the Global Food System appeared first on Farming First.
- Women Farmers in Tanzania Work in Unity to Grow Vegetablesby Farm Africa (Farming First) on February 22, 2024
The Juhudi women farmers from Tanzania established a community garden to grow tomatoes and green vegetables with help from Farm Africa. The post Women Farmers in Tanzania Work in Unity to Grow Vegetables appeared first on Farming First.
- The 'insane' plan to save the Arctic's sea-iceby BBC News on March 16, 2024
Could a daring experiment help our planet or is it a dangerous distraction?
- Australian farm grows world's biggest blueberryby BBC News on March 15, 2024
The monster fruit is the size of a ping-pong ball and weighs 20.4g, about 10 times the average blueberry.
- Water voles to benefit from £25m landscapes schemeby BBC News on March 15, 2024
England's fastest-declining mammal is to be protected as part of a new habitats restoration fund.
- Elon Musk's Starship goes 'farther than ever'by BBC News on March 14, 2024
The world's most powerful rocket makes a huge leap in progress in its third test flight.
- Whale menopause linked to longer lifespanby BBC News on March 13, 2024
A study of whales sheds light on the evolutionary puzzle of the menopause.
- World's largest trees are 'thriving in UK'by BBC News on March 13, 2024
A survey of giant redwoods growing in the UK reveals the trees are doing well - and growing fast.
- Bananas to cost more as climate warms, says expertby BBC News on March 12, 2024
A warming climate and fast-spreading diseases threaten supplies and push up prices, a top banana industry expert warns.
- Hottest February marks ninth new monthly record in a rowby BBC News on March 7, 2024
It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.
- US-Russian crew successfully enter space stationby BBC News on March 5, 2024
A SpaceX capsule carrying three US astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut has arrived at the International Space Station.
- Moon lander pictured on its side with snapped legby BBC News on February 28, 2024
The Odysseus robot broke a leg on touchdown but continued to stream data back to Earth