Google Application Could Help Farmers Share Knowledge
Google recently launched a beta verison of a new knowledge-sharing software called Google Noticeboard in India. Noticeboard can be installed on a shared computer which can be accessed by a village’s...
View ArticleAccessing Micro-credit in India
Improving access to credit is essential to allow farmers to invest and grow. The Grameen Foundation is one of the leader in the field of microfinance and its loans are changing women’s lives. For...
View ArticleEarly Mustard Seed Harvests Protect Indian Crops
Sometimes simple solutions looking at the issue of timing and planting cycles can provide effective solutions. For example, in India, mustard seeds were planted in September and harvested in late...
View ArticleUsing Mobile Telephony to Provide Agricultural Services and Advice to...
In March 2008, the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) launched a project to leverage communication technology, in particular mobile telephony, to disseminate expert agricultural...
View ArticleInnovative Research Could Save Indian Potato Farmers Hundreds of Millions of...
Potato blight is a disease caused by a fungus which targets potatoes both in the field and in storage. It can destroy an entire crop of potatoes within one or two weeks, and it can survive year after...
View ArticleAgriculture and Enterprise Skills for Women Smallholder Farmers
Women play a vital, but often ignored, role in addressing hunger. Whilst a large proportion of farmers in the developing world are female, many lack voice and organisation. To boost women...
View ArticleIntegrated Farm Approach Restores Wastelands in India
The Indian Farm Forestry Development Cooperative (IFFDC) was established in 1993 to scale up eco-restoration and wastelands development efforts, predominantly afforestation, in the Indian states of...
View ArticleImproving Harvests Through Integrated Pest Management
Chili farmers in Andra Pradesh used to lose up to 40 percent of their harvest to pest infestations. With poor quality crops, farmers failed to secure high prices in the market. In addition, excessive...
View ArticleLeaf Colour Charts Help Asian Farmers Manage Nitrogen Fertilizers
Leaf colour charts are an effective, low cost tool to assist farmers in improving their nitrogen fertilizer management. These standardised guidelines developed by IRRI for efficient fertilizer use are...
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Bernard Giraud: Building Functional Forests that Help Indian Tribes Thrive
In this guest post, the President and Co-Founder of the Livelihoods Venture Bernard Giraud describes how restoring forests with the Adivasi tribes in India has helped tackle issues from poverty to...
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