The Power of Local Solutions to Address Global Challenges
World leaders are spending a lot of time together lately.
At the Group of 20 meeting in Rome last weekend, officials from the wealthiest countries talked about...
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Mexico-Forage for Dairy
Alfredo Gutierrez is a fifth-generation dairy producer from Mexico. His specialty on the farm is agronomy. He makes sure natural resources are preserved while g...
Will New Crop Genomes Help Feed the World?
Scientists from the University of Adelaide's Waite Research Institute, with help from other researchers, have discovered a new genetic variation in both barley ...
United Kingdom Farm Tour-Regenerative Ag
Ian Pigott farms in the United Kingdom and is a member of the Global Farmer Network. Here, he shows us the regenerative agricultural practices on his farm. In...
Using Innovative Agriculture to Conserve Biodiversity
Sometimes the greatest discoveries are made by accident.
We weren't specifically looking for a new species of bee on our family farm in Brazil---but we found o...
The virtuous circle of No-till
Edgard Ramirez, a member of the Global Farmer Network was a speaker at a CFS47 virtual Side Event---Agricultural Solutions to Food Security, Nutrition, Health ...
Perennial Wheat: The Holy Grail of Wheat Research
If you plant an apple seed today, you'll probably have to wait about seven years before your tree grows fruit. Once it does, however, it can produce for decades...
A Promising Response of Science to Face Challenges and Better Feed the World
Most of Argentina's major agriculture areas---including those of our neighbors in Paraguay and southern Brazil---are suffering from drought. Its intensity range...
GM wheat variety with drought tolerance
Drought-tolerant HB4 Wheat, the world's first genetically modified wheat variety with drought tolerance was granted regulatory approval by Argentina's Ministry ...
2009 - Jim McCarthy, Ireland
Des Moines, Iowa Jim McCarthy thrives on change. An early change in his life was to shed his towny roots, and concentrate his studies on becoming a farm m...