Q&A: African Agriculture with Florence Wambugu
Florence Wambugu, winner of the 2008 YARA prize for African agriculture, speaks to SciDev.Net about the challenges facing the field.
4 September 2008 | EN
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Afghan agriculture: Dropping the poppy habit
Afghan farmers are weaning themselves off illegal poppy cultivation and branching out into other crops, reports T. V. Padma.
Restoring Tanzania's ecosystems
Tanzania's land is gradually being reclaimed, thanks to a new regional development programme and improved land management systems.
Source: Transformations Quarterly
26 March 2008 | EN
Zero tillage: Brazil's own green revolution
A Brazilian farming method that is greener and boosts growth is reaching its small farmers and maybe the world, reports Bernardo Esteves.
Bangladeshi farmers banish insecticides
Adam Barclay reports on how 2,000 rice farmers in Bangladesh have stopped using insecticides without reducing yields, resulting in an average 17 per cent increase in profits.
Source: International Rice Research Institute
30 July 2004 | EN
Pesticides and politics in India
Joshua Newton explores the controversy raging in India over the effects of the pesticide endosulfan, and reports on claims that large pesticide companies are influencing the government.
Source: Panos
2 July 2003 | EN
The human costs of pesticide exposure
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Source: IDRC Reports
1 May 2001 | EN
