The UN Development Program has set forth a roster of sustainable development goals (SDGs) for eradicating hunger and poverty with other consequential targets also to be achieved by 2030. Agroecological production strategies can help accomplish about half of these goals, especially SDG #2 (zero hunger) and SDG #12 (action for climate), utilizing biological processes and […]
Rice is a staple food crop demanded in the global fight against hunger and may be used to improve food and nutrition security and incomes, especially in low and middle-income countries (Demont, 2013; Omondi et al., 2013). Globally, rice feeds over 50 percent of the world population (Ndiiri et al., 2013a). As a cash crop, […]
Rice farmers in Jigawa state have received climate-smart training on a system of rice intensification (SRI), a new approach to rice production that increases crop productivity and reduces methane emissions by at least 22 per cent to a maximum of 64 per cent. The training was part of a tripartite partnership between the Foreign and […]