Agriculture

West Africa’s agricultural sector represents 35% of the region’s GDP and is one of the principal sources of employment for millions of people- up to 80% of the residents in rural areas. However, climate change and...

In commemoration of International Women’s Day, the World Bank priced a Sustainable Development Bond to raise awareness for the importance of investing in women’s empowerment in rural areas....Read More

WorldFish and Skretting have solidified their growing partnership to address food and nutrition security in Africa through collaborative aquaculture support and innovation. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the world population...

On the wake of climate change, experts have stressed on ensuring utmost use of cultivable as well as fallow lands to increase crop production adopting the latest conservation agriculture technologies for food security. Rice scientist Dr...

The government has initiated a move to set up a ‘Flower Research Center’ at Jhikargachha in Jashore in a bid to tap the growing flower market in the country through researches and thus facilitating the commercial...

Children living in the coastal and wetland (haor) regions in Bangladesh are 1.5 times more likely to be stunted – one of the findings from a study conducted by LANSA, led by BRAC. The study explores...

News Hour: A senior level working group meeting is finalizing a 5-year strategy for promoting safe and environment-friendly agro-based value chains (2018-2022) for the Greater Mekong subregion (GMS). The 14th Annual Meeting of the Working Group...

News Hour: A quiet revolution is happening in the ponds of shrimp farmers in Bangladesh. In 2012, the average commercial shrimp farmer produced around 230 kg per hectare, which is low for global averages. Now, many...

News Hour: IOM, in partnership with the Rural Education and Agriculture Development Organization (READO), a local NGO, is introducing a drought resistant variant of sweet potatoes which will help mitigate the impact of drought in Somalia....

News Hour: Global investments in agriculture technology startups fell 30 percent in 2016 as investor interest in companies offering drones and satellite-guided farm machines cooled following the biggest capital inflow ever a year earlier, according to...