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India is no longer home to the largest number of poor people in the world. Nigeria is.
It is a distinction that no country wants: the place with the most people living in extreme poverty. For decades, India remained stubbornly in the top spot, a reflection of its huge population and its enduring struggle against poverty. Now, new estimates indicate that Nigeria has knocked India out of that position, part of a profound shift […] Continue Reading
EverGreening India
ICRAF’s South Asia Programme and the EverGreen Agriculture Partnership convened a two-day meeting dubbed EverGreening India on 31 August and 1 September 2017, at the NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi. This discussion was a follow-up to an initial meeting held in February 2015. The event brought together 40 scientists from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government […] Continue Reading
The carbon trade off
“We’re at the forefront of understanding how we can make the most of soils to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,” said Rolf Sommer, principal soil scientist. Research shows that, small farms emit higher quantities of Green House Gas emissions(GHG) per calorie of food produced compared with larger ones this is because tilling the soil […] Continue Reading
Breaking Ground: Akhter Ali helps transform agriculture sector in Pakistan
Originally published on the CIMMYT website. Akhter Ali always knew he wanted to have an impact on the livelihoods of farmers in Pakistan. “I come from a […] Continue Reading
Innovation hub opens for agri-tech entrepreneurs
Originally published on the ICRISAT website. A creative space where agricultural tech entrepreneurs, scientists and technology experts can collaborate to innovate cutting edge ideas across the whole agriculture value chain for smallholder farmers, was inaugurated at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). The innovation Hub (iHub) was opened by Telangana IT […] Continue Reading
Indian farmers fight against climate change using trees as a weapon
In 19 years, Ramu Gaviti’s six acres of land have gone from barren, dry and sparsely vegetated to fertile, moist and thick with biomass. Peacocks, wild pigs and rabbits have reappeared and in rejuvenated rivers, boys trap fish in baskets. Gaviti once scratched $29 (£23) worth of millet and grass per acre per year. In […] Continue Reading