Record potato output: Fair rice make farmers happy in Rangpur Region
Farmers are happy after getting an all- time record production of over 23.20-lakh tonnes of…
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Dams blamed for shrinking area, farm output in Kaveri delta
by K.A. Shaji • The delta of river Kaveri, which is the agricultural backbone of…
Antibiotic free meat, eggs by 2030: Bd farmers
Dhaka, Mar 8 (UNB) – President of Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council (BPICC) Mashiur Rahman…
The biodiversity crucial for our food, agri is disappearing
Rome – FAO News Release – The first-ever report of its kind presents mounting and…
New law in the offing to save croplands in BD: Minister
Dhaka, Feb 24 (UNB) – Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Sunday told Parliament that his…
Mining grabs up land, deals blow to agriculture
SAN SALVADOR, Feb 19 2019 (IPS) – Like an octopus, metals mining has been spreading its…
Wake up and smell the organic coffee
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 20 2019 (IPS) – In 1992, the idea of replanting her father’s ruined…
Former rice farmer praises vitamin A orange sweet potatoes
Angella Atero, Nutrition, Communication, and Advocacy Specialist, Uganda Walter Odongo, a 31-year-old farmer from Dokolo…
Krishibid Day observed at BAU amid festivity
Mymensingh, Feb 13 – Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) and BAU alumni association jointly observed Krishibid…
Flower a blooming business in Jessore area of Bangladesh
Jashore, Feb 12 (UNB) – February, the second month of the calendar year, occupies a…
Prepare master plan to save cultivable lands: PM
Dhaka, Feb 10 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the Ministry of…
Golden Rice to be released soon: Minister
Dhaka, Jan 31 (UNB) –Golden rice, a new variety of rice helpful to fight Vitamin…
21 organizations transforming Australia’s food system
From Danielle Nierenberg Greetings from Melbourne, where I’m speaking at festival21—a celebration of the potential…
Golden Rice to be released soon: Minister
Dhaka, Jan 31 (UNB) –Golden rice, a new variety of rice helpful to fight Vitamin…
‘Finalise land-use policy very quickly to save farm land’
Dhaka, Jan 30 – Land-use policy needs to be finalised very quickly to completely stop…
Farmers eye better mustard output in Rangpur region
The farmers are expecting a better output of mustard in Rangpur agriculture region during the…
WB new scheme to privatize land in developing world exposed
Oakland, CA – In advance of the release of the World Bank’s 2019 Enabling the…
IFAD meet to explore rural innovation-entrepreneurship link
Rome, 23 January 2019 – Pope Francis will address heads-of-state, government ministers, and policy and…
Vegetable output in Bd grows 36 pc in 5 years, intake low
Although vegetable production increased by 35.24 percent over the last five years (from2013-14 to 2017-18…
Climate change: Complex challenges for agriculture
The unusually hot summer of 2018 showed that climate change affects a central part of…
Restore tank irrigation, strengthen rural climate resilience
As Indian farmers grapple with weakening and erratic monsoons over the recent years, combined with…
Space tech aid India’s Meghalaya to expand boro rice farming
In Meghalaya’s tough hill terrains that limit field visits, space technology is aiding the selection…
Variable weather changing Bangladesh’s agriculture calendar
Bangladesh, one of the most densely populated countries in the world, has long been witnessing…
Climate change forces Central American farmers to migrate
As he milks his cow, Salvadoran Gilberto Gomez laments that poor harvests, due to excessive…
Italy’s agriculture Europe’s ‘greenest’, but unsustainable
While Italian agriculture is in a leading position in terms of organic farming, sustainable agriculture…
Traditional diverse food systems can help solve malnutrition
Worldwide, 2 billion people are affected by hidden hunger (micronutrient deficiency), of which 225 million…
Agroecological innovation to help achieve food sovereignty
Ágroecology, within the paradigm of food sovereignty, is gaining widespread recognition and is increasingly being…
Looking forward: Food Tank plans for 2019
Danielle Nierenberg Last week, I wrote asking you to join Food Tank and reminding you…
Food Tank’s successful year 2018 in review
Danielle Nierenberg It’s been an incredible year at Food Tank in terms of our ability…
Agroecology has full potential for sustainable food systems
Alarming rates of food insecurity and malnutrition persist alongside the growing crises of biodiversity loss…