Monday, 30 November 2009 Attract great minds to agriculture
"We sleep on cotton bedcovers, have milk and cereals for breakfast, sit on leather chairs in our offices, put on woolen suits and get energized daily by food all from agriculture!". These are not the exact words but is the sense...
Monday, 09 November 2009 Hunger War needs Stewardship
A lot of focus has been on facilitating access by small holder farmers to technologies that have over the years made their large scale counterparts successful producers. "Imagine what will happen to the soils, when small holder...
Wednesday, 30 September 2009 Women and Food Insecurity in Africa
It may come as a surprise to some but my mother (in Africa) owns our land just as much as my father does. According to the Western legal and land registry system, my father has the legal title to our land. He can sell it,use it...
Saturday, 12 September 2009 Crop Production: Wider Stewardship Needed
Healthy discussions on whether climate change is human induced or not, have led to widening the scope of stewardship. The impact of dramatic warming or cooling of the earth can be so devastating on crops. Pests are likely to...
Monday, 31 August 2009 Africa's Famine: Case of Drought or Malware?
When one talks about famine in Africa, it is also crucial to take a moment to evaluate the hostile and intrusive programs operating in the background of food aid and aid in general.