Month: April 2018
New Publications: Precision agriculture for smallholder farmers
A new study tests a stepping-stone for small-scale precision agriculture fertilizer application.
End of eight-year project leaves farmers ready to tackle climate change in Africa
Climate adaptation and mitigation
After eight years the Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Legume Cropping Systems for Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa (SIMLESA) project concludes this June.
Bearish headlines overstate the extent of available global wheat stocks, analysts say
The declining area sown to wheat worldwide, together with stockpiling by China, is masking significant risk in global wheat markets, experts at Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in the UK caution.
Global maize experts discuss biofortification for nutrition and health
Nutrition, health and food security
At the 2018 Latin American Cereals Conference (LACC), researchers discussed hidden hunger, the consumption of insufficient micronutrients, and how biofortification can help.