dossier 2014/06 agriculture

Viable farms

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© Boro Baski

Sharecropper in West Bengal.
South Asia
– by Boro Baski

Huge challenges

As the limits of the Green Revolution are becoming ever more obvious, Indian agriculture faces huge challenges
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Agriculture
– by Gerd Müller

Promoting structural change

Innovation and knowledge management are the driving forces behind successful small-scale agriculture in developing countries.
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Review essay
– by Ingo Melchers, Heike Hoeffler, et al.

Nuanced assessment

Relevant publications on commercial agriculture
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Rural development
– by Raphael Mweninguwe

Ineffective subsidies

Malawi’s subsidies for farms are only affordable with donor support, but that is not what is needed to boost agriculture long term
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Non-traditional agriculture
– by Sebastián Artigas

Caring about cannabis

Marihuana production is legal in Uruguay, offering farmers new sources of income
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Agriculture
– by Thomas Kruchem

Fire farming

Small farmers in southern Africa cannot make a living from their inefficient slash-and-burn agriculture
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Smallholder farms
– by Hendrik Knoche, HS Jamadagni, et al.

Peer pressure

Smart-phone apps could boost productivity even of illiterate farmers
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Food security
– by Sheila Mysorekar

Wasting valuable grains

According to FAO, a third of all food produced worldwide is wasted
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Organic agriculture
– by Hegemann Nina

Deluge impact

A. K. Ghosh: Salt-resistant landraces inspire hope after sea flooded fields in Ganges Delta – but more seed is needed
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Deprivation
– by Sandra Abild

Urban poverty

IIED expert says food insecurity is increasingly becoming urban phenomenon
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Renewables
– by Sheila Mysorekar

Powering the transition

Supposedly green energy technologies can have detrimental side effects that need to be addressed
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Farms
– by Barbara Mayrhofer

Feeding the world

Eco-friendly sustainable agriculture is what the world needs, according to some experts
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Food security
– by Marita Wiggerthale

Not the solution

Oxfam warns that huge private-public partnerships in agriculture may cause hunger
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Malnutrition
– by Katja Dombrowski

Strategies against hidden hunger

Welthungerhilfe and terre des hommes consider food fortification to be useful but insufficient to fight malnutrition
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