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Farming First is the leading source for the latest insights, news and case studies on agricultural innovation for development.
🚨 28 World Food Prize Laureates & chef José Andrés have called for urgent action on hunger saying, “let us double down — not in words, but in action.”
They urged world leaders to boost investment for impact 👇
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#WFPLaureates4Action
“Providing food, income, and healthy soils that sustain entire ecosystems, livestock are central to sustainable development,” says Heifer International’s Dilip Bhandari.
In Honduras, #SustainableLivestock have reduced carbon & restored over 2,000 hectares of land 👇🏾
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1B+ farmers face climate change, but they also drive solutions!
From plant clinics in #India and #Peru to coffee-banana intercropping in East #Africa ☕🍌
Learn how farmers are building resilient futures 👇🏾
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#ClimateAction
With science & innovation, agriculture can help:
🍓 Boost food & nutrition security
💰 Improve livelihoods
🌦 Combat climate change
🌳 Conserve natural resources
Discover how from our @cgiar.org collaboration 👇🏾
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#DYK investing in #livestock can cut emissions, fight poverty, boost nutrition & build #Resilience?
Climate-smart practices like precision feeding & rotational grazing can cut emissions up to 30% while increasing incomes.
Learn how from Bernard Kimoro 👇🏾
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#Finance for agrifood systems must rise 40x to hit emissions & resilience goals, says @fao.org’s global #NDC analysis.
💡 Scaling #ClimateFinance can unlock climate-smart practices, protect livelihoods and strengthen global food security 👇🏾
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#ClimateWeekNYC
#Farmers face shocks of all kinds, affecting their ability to farm.
From infrastructure to finance, explore existing solutions to help farmers build resilience and protect their livelihoods 👇🏾
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From soil microbes to nutritious staple crops, the 2025 Farming First Spotlight Series highlights “moonshot” #innovations with the potential to transform global #agriculture 👇🏾
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#FoodSystems drive 30%+ of global #GHG emissions but can drive action for #NetZero.
Experts @ifpri.org's Suresh Babu & @fao.org's Selvaraju Ramasamy say this transition must be just, protecting small-scale farmers in the Global South. Learn how 👇🏾
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By 2050, agriculture must feed ~10B people – but pests & diseases threaten this goal.
IICA’s Manuel Otero highlights innovations to strengthen biosecurity, surveillance & farmer support 👇🏾
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Healthy soils = healthy food!
Yet, 1/3 of the world’s land is degraded. Avoiding, reducing & reversing degradation can boost #FoodSystems, tackle climate change & accelerate #SDGs.
Learn how trees contribute to building resilience from CIFOR-ICRAF 👇🏾
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“Africa faces a growing and complex nutrition crisis stemming from poor diets and staple crops that are low in nutrients,” says @cgiar.org & Africa Rice Center's Baboucarr Manneh.
Discover the rice innovations shaping Africa’s food systems 👇🏾
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🚨 Where would the world be without innovation?
Marcel Bruins asks this question in our new Spotlight Series.
He explores the impact of innovation in #ag and a critical enabler of innovation ecosystems – intellectual property (IP) 👇🏾
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By 2050, global #ag must feed nearly 10 billion people while ensuring nutrition and sustainability – this needs bold transformations.
In Farming First’s new Spotlight Series, five experts share innovations already shaping the future!
Read first 👇🏾
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Countries are rethinking how pesticides are managed to make food systems safer and more efficient 🌍
CropLife International’s Sustainable Pesticide Management Framework is helping reform regulation, promote safe use & expand access to tech 👇🏾
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From 5,000 seedlings to 130,000 🌱
Simon Mwangangi’s Vuma Tree Nursery in eastern #Kenya is creating jobs & restoring the environment.
With Farm Africa & Rabobank’s Acorn, learn how he is blending trees + livelihoods for #ClimateAction 👇🏾
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#Livestock are key to #FoodSecurity, yet diseases remain a challenge across #Africa.
GALVmed's Lois Muraguri explains how solutions like harmonising veterinary medicine regulation in East Africa boosts market access & investment 👇🏾
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“Feeding the ambitions of Africa’s youth through agriculture is a sure path to feeding the future,” says AGRA's Hailemariam Dessalegn.
Leaders must create opportunities in #land, #finance, #training & #tech to unlock potential 👇🏾
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Every $1 invested in tackling malnutrition delivers a $23 return!
🍠 Biofortified crops
🌱 Micronutrient-enriched fertilisers
🌳 Crop rotation & better agronomy
These are some ways #ag can help to address malnutrition.
Learn how on Farming First 👇🏾
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🌱 Sustainable land use
🍽️ Food security
🍏 Healthier diets
💰 Better livelihoods
All this is possible by financing #agrifood systems across #Africa.
The new Malabo Montpellier Panel report shows how policy innovation can unlock the funds to drive transformation 👇🏾
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Every year, millions of #farmers’ health is at risk from the misuse of pesticides.
💡 CropLife International’s Sustainable Pesticide Management Framework is helping countries reform regulation, promote safe use & expand access to safer tech 👇🏾
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“For millions of farmers, pepper is everything – an income, a tradition, a future,” says Dr. Derek Barchenger, recipient of the World Food Prize Foundation's Borlaug Field Award.
From family gardens to leading the World Vegetable Center's Pepper Breeding Program, read his story 👇🏾
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Can a tiny fly change poultry farming in #Kenya? 🪰
John Kariuki from #Olrongai is using black soldier fly (BSF) larvae as protein-rich feed, cutting costs & boosting sustainability.
Learn how he’s working with farmers to integrate BSF 👇🏾
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“#GeneticDiversity matters. It equips farmers and scientists alike with the basis to respond to pests and diseases, malnutrition and the changing climate,” says @fao.org's Yurdi Yasmi.
Supporting #Indigenous Peoples and innovation drives change 👇🏾
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In East & Southern Africa, 800K+ smallholder farmers grow nearly 9M tons of potatoes yearly.
🚨 But, PCN – a soil-borne pest threatens to wipe out harvests.
Discover how the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture is tackling this 👇🏾
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Youth aren’t just the future of #agriculture – they’re shaping it now!
From digital farming to food processing, young people are driving #innovation.
This #IYD, discover how to fully unlock youth potential in #ag 👇🏾
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🥇 The 2025 Sweetpotato Communications Award is open!
Recognising individuals or teams who've advanced sweetpotato science & impact through research or outreach 🍠
📅 Eligible work: Jan 2023–Dec 2024
📬 Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
🔗 Nominate now: bit.ly/3JgTap0
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🚨 NEW: A fresh look at the future of global #FoodSystems 💡
Experts in @cgiar.org’s latest book chart a path to more resilient, sustainable & equitable systems, from scaling #renewables to harnessing #innovation & #trade 👇🏾
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#DYK that every $1 invested in #nutrition yields $23, yet millions lack access to healthy diets?
Growing diverse and climate-resilient crops can make all the difference, says experts Morgan Gillespy and Afshan Khan 👇🏾
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Farmers are rewriting their future with #solar irrigation and #biodigesters in rural #BurkinaFaso ☀️
Farmer Birba Issa says, “The land used to sleep during the dry season, now...we farm all year.”
Learn how 👇🏾
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