There is increasing evidence from across many African and South Asian countries that contextual, timely climate information, helps farmers manage the risks they face.
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Faced with a massive food production shortfall, Africa can look towards India’s Green Revolution to jump start its agricultural output.
In November 2016, smog in New Delhi was 16 times above safe levels. An Indian researcher dug into the data to find out why, and how India can keep its capital breathing safely.
Subsidies aren’t working but there are other options.
Fairtrade was set up to support small producers - but some feel it is now missing the mark.
Whether or not farmers believe human activities are changing the climate (many don’t), an agriculture specialist urges them to pursue payments for techniques that return carbon to the soil.
In the 1980’s Uganda was one of the largest coffee exporters in the world, far ahead of Vietnam which hardly exported any. Now the tables have turned raising interesting comparative questions.
South Africa’s government makes much of its efforts of putting more land in the hands of the previously disenfranchised black majority. Yet, many beneficiaries continue to wallow in poverty.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said backpackers would be better off working in Australia with a 19% tax than in New Zealand, England and Canada. Is that true? And what would a 15% or 10.5% tax mean?
The development community has overlooked the ethical dilemmas associated with raising one individual above others through farmer-to-farmer systems.
Drought is a problem in South Africa and it affects farmers. As a result, farmers and government are working together to develop strategies.
Moves to tighten land-clearing laws in Queensland and New South Wales have been met with outrage from farmers. So how can we get regulation right?
They kill thousands of animals and people every year by spreading rabies. New research findings could solve the problem.
Farmers were supposed to bet big on energy crops like short-rotation willow to help fuel the UK’s biomass fleet. It hasn’t worked out like that.
In Cape Town’s Cape Flats, female urban farmers are vital for food security and strengthening social capital.
South Africa’s Western Cape is the first region in the country to put together a comprehensive plan to help farmers deal with changes in weather patterns brought on by climate change.
South Africa has been hit by a severe drought and will not be able to produce enough maize - its staple food - in 2016. This will prompt a rise in imports and therefore food prices.
Africa’s soil crisis calls for quick and creative action. This includes deepening farmers’ knowledge about soil microbes.
Malawi’s large-scale subsidy for farmers has resulted in higher maize production, lower food prices and higher wages. But this has come at significant costs.
Simple changes to current grassland management has the potential to save many endangered birds.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate professor in Criminology, University of New England
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Associate Professor, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies/ History, University of Oxford
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Lecturer in Sustainability and Fellow of Indo Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University
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Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Co-Director of the Centre for Rural Criminology, University of New England
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Professor of Sociology (Criminology, Victimology and Security Studies), University of Ibadan
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Researcher and Project Manager in Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change, University of Cape Town
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Principal Lecturer, Harper Adams University
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Chair in Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy, The Ohio State University
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Matthew Flinders Professor in Water Economics, Flinders University
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Researcher, Centre for Peace and Security Studies, Modibbo Adama University of Technology
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Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Lecturer in Integrated Crop Management, University of Neuchâtel
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Senior Lecturer, Business School, University of New England