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Transforming agriculture in an uncertain world needs strong and novel partnerships

1 month ago | agtechnavigator.com | Joe Cornelius |Oliver Morrison

The cost of failing to transform agriculture in the next two decades was set out recently by more than 150 Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates. They warned of reaching a hunger tipping point by mid-century that would result in an even more food insecure, unstable world than exists today.
Nine Food Security Innovations Enhancing Zero Hunger in Africa

Jun 3, 2024 | farmingfirst.org | Joe Cornelius |Jackie Negro |Nourdine Khalifeh

Nine food security innovations, supported by the second edition of the Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa, are enhancing food security and food systems resilience across Africa with technology-powered solutions and approaches. Innovative food security ideas and creative impulses are necessary to build a robust food supply now and in the future.
Biofortified Bean Farmers in Rwanda Prosper From Greater Yields

May 31, 2024 | farmingfirst.org | José Bretón Funes |Ekin Birol |Joe Cornelius

Smallholder farmers in Rwanda are challenged by low farm productivity, a reality compounded by the impacts of climate change, population growth and other crises. To help address food and nutrition insecurity among the country’s most vulnerable communities, it is vital that solutions that increase farmers’ crop productivity, livelihoods and household nutrition are implemented.
SPMF Program Reports Global Pesticide Management Progress

May 28, 2024 | farmingfirst.org | Joe Cornelius

CropLife International has published the 2023 Annual Report for its Sustainable Pesticide Management Framework (SPMF) program, highlighting the substantial progress made in advancing sustainable pesticide management practices globally with a specific focus on Kenya, Morocco, Thailand and Vietnam.
A Conversation with Joe Cornelius

May 7, 2024 | farmingfirst.org | Joe Cornelius

Historically, smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have missed out on the full benefits of advances in global crop science. In some countries, only 10 per cent of farmers have access to the latest generation of seeds or planting material.
Deforestation: A Brazilian Farm's Success Story Protecting the Forest

Mar 13, 2024 | farmingfirst.org | Vicente Neto |Joe Cornelius

Brazil has more trees than any country except Russia—but when our huge forests make the news, it is usually because of deforestation. My nation and its Amazon region are so incomprehensibly big that it is almost impossible to know what is going on there, even as the government tries to generate data. Despite this, I welcome the recent news that deforestation in my country recently hit a five-year low.
Why smallholder farmer productivity is vital for global food security

Sep 29, 2023 | fairplanet.org | Joe Cornelius

September 29, 2023 topic:Sustainable Agriculturetags:#food security, #biotechnology, #sustaimable agriculturelocated:USA, Rwanda, Nigeriaby:Joe Cornelius The greatest inventions in history are all born from the spark of discovery.
Realising the Potential of Neglected Crops in Latin America

Sep 1, 2023 | farmingfirst.org | Lysiane Lefebvre |Valeria Piñeiro |Brian McNamara |Joe Cornelius

Recent crisis-driven increases in food and nutrition insecurity, coupled with the growing threat of climate change, have highlighted the need for drastic changes in our food systems. In this context, expanding the cultivation and consumption of neglected crops presents a valuable opportunity to improve livelihoods and nutrition, while reducing the environmental impacts of food production — if sufficient resources can be invested into research and development.
Opinion: The potential of breakthrough crop technologies for Africa

Jan 24, 2023 | agri-pulse.com | Joe Cornelius

The African continent is at an inflection point demographically. By the turn of this century, it is predicted that Africans will account for around 40 percent of the global population – up from less than 20 percent today and 10 percent a mere 50 years ago. Such a dramatic shift over such a short period of time will require an enormous equivalent effort to sustainably increase the continent’s production of, and access to, nutritious food.