Phones as Farm Hands: Fighting Fall Armyworm with Tech
Mary Alick first saw a picture of the culprit while standing in her field among damaged crops of pigeon peas and maize. [...]
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06, 2019
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04, 2019
Sarah’s Season of Growth: Forging a Path Out of Poverty
As a farmer, Sarah Ben understands there is a season for everything. Even so, she has known more than her fair share [...]
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06, 2017
Fighting Armyworm in Malawi
A pest that is barely the size of a paperclip poses a major threat to farmers in Malawi. In 2013, droves of [...]
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05, 2016
Inspiring Young Minds and Growing Knowledge with School Gardens
Accessing nutritious food isn’t readily available to everyone, and millions of children worldwide face food insecurity daily. A school meal is [...]
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03, 2016
Farm to School: Local Harvests Help Keep Students in the Classroom
Too many vulnerable children in the world fall asleep at night with an empty stomach. Today, we're celebrating International School Meals Day [...]
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02, 2016
Sowing Seeds of Success for Smallholder Farmers
With a wife and three children to support, William Pitikoti felt helpless. A dangerous combination of floods and dry spells had [...]
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09, 2015
Brewing Success with Coffee Farmers in Nicaragua
By Amy Hansen Members of the El Polo and El Gorrión farming cooperatives in Nicaragua had a challenge. They were losing up [...]
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08, 2015
Building Leaders Through Food Security
By: Satya Naageshwaran Marcelo Martín Mendoza and his wife, Carmelina, had a small farm in the Western Highlands of Guatemala and a [...]
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05, 2015
These Farmers Don’t Bike to Work, They Bike For Work
No, they aren’t joining the Tour de France or becoming Urban Bike Messengers, they’re using a bike-powered, portable threshing machine that could [...]
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09, 2014
James Lucius: A Self-Reliant Man
James stands in front of his newly designed field James Lucius, a farmer from Chiendausiku, Malawi is a testimony of [...]