I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable farms in the US and Ecuador. Small farms that made all their household income from the farm struggled ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Conservation agriculture is critical for modern farming. With pressures from climate change and the need for sustainability, smallholder farmers and large corporations are ...

In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I answer the question, can small-scale farming feed the world? Specifically, I look at how industrial farming and the green revolution have led ...

I share information about small-scale farming overseas. Please like and follow.In recent years, extreme climate change has had a major impact on agriculture both domestically and internationally. In ...

In the decades immediately after Independence, Kenyans had a very clear path that they could follow if they wanted to escape from poverty.Education was central. The aspiration was generally towards ...

Alex Maere survived the destruction of Cyclone Freddy when it tore through southern Malawi in 2023. His farm didn't. The 59-year-old saw decades of work disappear with the precious soil that the ...

Embarking on a journey to make your small farm a lucrative venture requires strategic crop selection. Whether you're an experienced farmer diversifying your crops or a novice establishing an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers from Germany have developed an innovative tool to enhance crop selection for agrivoltaics projects in 25 countries, ...

This article originally published at The Assembly. At Ten Mothers Farm in Cedar Grove, just north of Hillsborough in Orange County, Gordon Jenkins and Vera Fabian produce 50 to 60 varieties of ...

South Africa’s rural development debate often starts with a familiar idea: if rural households have more land, they can produce more food, earn more money and become “emerging farmers” who eventually ...