India’s Supreme Court Must Protect Intellectual Property Rights
As people of the land, farmers understand the value of property rights. As a farmer in India, traditional property rights are intact and at the center of our so...
Food and Nutritional Security
The World is Ready for Golden Rice
The world is starting to open its eyes to the wonder of Golden Rice. On May 24, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave its approval to this genetically m...
Learning By Doing Helps Indian Agriculture Thrive
Farmers must educate each other: That’s the best way we can learn to thrive, adopting the new technologies and sustainable practices that both conserve resource...
Dueling Visions of Tomorrow’s World
History is full of great rivalries: Athens versus Sparta, Lincoln versus Douglas, even the Roadrunner versus Wile E. Coyote. Author Charles C. Mann describes...
What If Africa’s Farmers Had Access to Needed Seed Technology?
We’ve been told by trusted media and researchers that Kenya is on the brink of accepting biotechnology in agriculture. I’ve said it myself. And now, President ...
Talking About Farming Versus Actually Farming
Agricultural research needs to get out of the lab and into the field. That’s the takeaway point from my recent attendance at a conference in Ethiopia. Spo...
In Nigeria, Farming Needs and Rewards Creative Agripreneurs
I never expected to become a catfish farmer, though I’m not all surprised that I wound up in agriculture. I’ve always been around farms—so it was natural that I...
So, What Do Canadian Farmers Do in the Winter?
Today is winter solstice—the darkest day of the year. Here in southeast Saskatchewan, where my family farms, we’ll see about eight hours of daylight. The sun...
“First World” Disputes Can Cause “Third World” Dilemmas
The majority of Americans know very little about genetically modified food. They’ll even tell you so: In a poll by the Annenberg Public Policy Center last year,...
Road Out of Poverty: A Personal Story
As a child, I would collect dry cattle dung on the outskirts of town. My family burned it to cook food and keep warm. For protein, we often ate locusts. They’re...