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No tilling please, we are farmers – THE GFAR BLOG
https://blog.gfar.net/2016/11/23/no-tilling-please-we-are-farmers
Updates from the Global Forum on Agricultural Research. No tilling please, we are farmers. November 23, 2016. Maroccan farmer Bil Hassan of Settat lauds the new method of cultivation. (Photo by Keya Acharya). An alternative farming method of direct seeding that helps Moroccan farmers use water optimally is seen as a good way to cope with weather changes due to climate change. When you arrive at Settat, there is hardly a tree in sight, but the soil looks amazingly soft and friable for so arid an area....
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How have innovation platforms helped African farmers grow healthy crops and nutritious vegetables? – THE GFAR BLOG
https://blog.gfar.net/2016/12/16/how-have-innovation-platforms-helped-african-farmers-grow-healthy-crops-and-nutritious-vegetables
Updates from the Global Forum on Agricultural Research. How have innovation platforms helped African farmers grow healthy crops and nutritious vegetables? December 16, 2016. December 21, 2016. Mapenzi at her market stall. However, the farmers’ ability to meet the growing demand for vegetables has been limited by a lack of access to good quality seed and technical knowhow. But a new innovative approach is helping to change the picture. Activities evolved over a period of time, building on successes and le...
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Why Ghana’s agricultural growth has slowed down – THE GFAR BLOG
https://blog.gfar.net/2016/11/10/why-ghanas-agricultural-growth-has-slowed-down
Updates from the Global Forum on Agricultural Research. Why Ghana’s agricultural growth has slowed down. November 10, 2016. November 9, 2016. In part I of a three-part series, Farmerline. Look at the many challenges that confront Ghana’s agriculture sector. Ghana is faced with a harsh reality: a decline in agricultural productivity continues to threaten the economic development of the country. David Asare Asiamah (Founder and CEO, AgroMindset). Lack of access to fertilizers. Farming on the same piece of ...
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Youth Network in Agriculture: we connect and rejuvenate the world – THE GFAR BLOG
https://blog.gfar.net/2016/12/06/15404
Updates from the Global Forum on Agricultural Research. Youth Network in Agriculture: we connect and rejuvenate the world. December 6, 2016. December 6, 2016. At the occasion of YPARD 10 years, Marina Cherbonnier, the current communications and knowledge manager, expresses what the added value of YPARD is, as an international network of young professionals in agriculture. I was 25 when I joined YPARD. Authorship should be the term, so that it reflects that Youth indeed write their own story . This passio...
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Adding more value to agro sector with new ICT tool – THE GFAR BLOG
https://blog.gfar.net/2016/11/15/adding-more-value-to-agro-sector-with-new-ict-tool
Updates from the Global Forum on Agricultural Research. Adding more value to agro sector with new ICT tool. November 15, 2016. And now, it is 5 months later and he continues to relate his experience thus far. Journey of Idea Studio, A business incubation program. With this knowledge and greater confidence, we applied this summer for a business incubation program called Idea Studio. As this is a quite new idea in Nepalese context, we needed some kind of promotion that reaches the national and internationa...
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THE GFAR BLOG – Page 2 – Updates from the Global Forum on Agricultural Research
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Updates from the Global Forum on Agricultural Research. WhatsApp for Agriculture: Digital Farming highlights the need for Digital Agriculture Extension. December 8, 2016. WhatsApp for Agriculture: Digital Farming highlights the need for Digital Agriculture Extension. Agrecol initiative to liberate seeds through open-source licence. December 7, 2016. Agrecol initiative to liberate seeds through open-source licence. December 7, 2016. Mark Holderness, Executive Secretary of the Global Forum on Agricultural ...
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WhatsApp for Agriculture: Digital Farming highlights the need for Digital Agriculture Extension – THE GFAR BLOG
https://blog.gfar.net/2016/12/08/whatsapp-for-agriculture-digital-farming-highlights-the-need-for-digital-agriculture-extension
Updates from the Global Forum on Agricultural Research. WhatsApp for Agriculture: Digital Farming highlights the need for Digital Agriculture Extension. December 8, 2016. There are around 250 brilliant, committed, skillful and professional farmers, who form part of a platform that is supported by the Youth Engagement in Agriculture Network (YEAN). The YEAN WhatsApp group, with its over 250 participants, is one of the strategies used to disseminate information to their beneficiaries and the whole communit...
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What is the future of Quinoa? – THE GFAR BLOG
https://blog.gfar.net/2016/12/05/what-is-the-future-of-quinoa
Updates from the Global Forum on Agricultural Research. What is the future of Quinoa? December 5, 2016. Since the United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 as the “International Year of Quinoa”, this fascinating cereal has been gaining attractiveness as a real option to help achieve food security, not to mention hitting the shelves in trendy health-conscious supermarkets the world over. But why all the hype? Partners in the Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR). From the beginning of the 20.
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Upcoming webinar: “Building a bridge between scientists and communicators” – THE GFAR BLOG
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Updates from the Global Forum on Agricultural Research. Upcoming webinar: “Building a bridge between scientists and communicators”. January 3, 2017. January 11, 2017. What is the right quote to insert here? Nothing in science has any value to society if it is not communicated,. And scientists are beginning to learn their social obligations. Anne Roe, The Making of a Scientist (1953). Or should it be:. Do not share your inventions with many,. Filippo Brunelleschi (15th century). Scientists and communicato...
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Against the grain – THE GFAR BLOG
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Updates from the Global Forum on Agricultural Research. December 7, 2016. Mark Holderness, Executive Secretary of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research, tells Inga Vesper about efforts to bring scientists and farmers closer together. Farmers themselves remain fragmented, with their own small businesses tied to a particular place. Farming practices are deeply rooted in tradition, and the language of cross-border collaboration and pan-European investments does not usually apply to farmers’ lives. One t...
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