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Weekend reading: rising prevalence of obesity in developing countries

Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), as part of its IFAD Research Series, released a report, Overweight and obesity in LMICs in rural development and food systems , along with a literature review.

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Rural Development Beverage Mechanics

Op-Ed | Microfinance Empowers Women and Builds Community Resilience

Food Tank

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

And the SHG model is one of the most important microfinance mechanisms in India. In 2013, when GAIN formed a partnership with Nidan and the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society— JEEViKA , which is an autonomous body under the Government of Bihar’s Department of Rural Development.

Food

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Harvesting Salad Greens – Mechanized Harvest for Small Farms

ATTRA

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This video is produced by the National Center for Appropriate Technology through the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, under a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development. Department of Agriculture.

Harvesting

Harvesting Harvest Harvester Mechanics

The Case for Tractor Farming

ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2025

However, mechanization and technology like tractors offer women the chance to broaden their opportunities in agriculture. Mechanizing tasks like bed shaping, planting, and cultivation is game-changing. Women have continued farming in small-scale and traditional systems that involve a lot of manual labor and require physical strength.

Tractor

Tractor Farming Farming Cultivation

The Causes of Soil Compaction on Grazing Lands

ATTRA

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Not only do roots mechanically help to open the soil by pushing their way through the soil, but more importantly they release hundreds of carbon-based compounds like sugars and amino acids, a process known as root exudation. Roots are essential for healthy soil structure to be maintained. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

Soil Compaction

Soil Compaction Livestock Forage Pasture

Comments on DOL’s proposed rule for Temporary Agricultural Employment

NASDA

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

NASDA remains concerned that the proposed rule seeks to expand labor organizations’ access and input to the H-2A program in a manner that will be inefficient and potentially undermine the program’s goals and use it entirely as a labor organization mechanism.

Agriculture

Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Food

NASDA’s Fiscal Year 2025 testimony submitted to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture

NASDA

MAY 7, 2024

As you begin the fiscal year (FY) 2025 appropriations process, NASDA asks you to prioritize the following programs that enhance farmers, ranchers, and rural communities and ensure a safe, affordable, and abundant food supply. A consistent and predictable funding mechanism for state and local programs is needed.

Agriculture

Agriculture Agriculture Food Ruralism

A Brief History of Discrimination against Black Farmers—Including by the USDA

The Equation

AUGUST 27, 2024

Consequently, Black farmers in the early 20th century lagged behind their White counterparts in agricultural mechanization. Moreover, many of them accumulated debt, faced foreclosures, and subsequently lost their land. Recently in July 2024, the USDA announced it had issued payments amounting to $2.2 billion to eligible farmers.

Sharecropping

Sharecropping Farming Farming Acre

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Saturday, Dec. 9

Food Tank

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Víctor Manuel Villalobos Arámbula , Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mexico 10:00AM–10:30AM @ The Food Systems Pavilion: Fireside chat discussion about methane. Breakfast, coffee, networking 9–9:30; briefing 9:30–10. LIVESTREAM HERE! Speakers include: H.E. LIVESTREAM HERE ! Speakers include: Tom Vilsack , U.S.

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Natural Senescence

ATTRA

APRIL 9, 2024

But a mechanical tiller? As an organic gardener, I have always wanted to reduce my footprint, tread gently, and respect the soil I am privileged to steward. My hoe was light in this respect. Enough to chop the cover crop and mix it gently into the first few inches of soil to begin its decomposition. A machine of destruction? The Dust Bowl.

Crop

Crop Plowing Rural Development Mechanics

More Than a Farm: Setting Your Agribusiness Up for Success

ATTRA

JANUARY 23, 2024

Being strategic includes setting up mechanisms of holding the organization accountable to accomplish these tasks and goals. Timelines, performance indicators, and assignment of duties and responsibilities all hold the organization accountable for the success of the farm. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

Farming

Farming Farming Processing Technology

A Brief History of Discrimination against Black Farmers—Including by the USDA

The Equation

AUGUST 27, 2024

Consequently, Black farmers in the early 20th century lagged behind their White counterparts in agricultural mechanization. Moreover, many of them accumulated debt, faced foreclosures, and subsequently lost their land. Recently in July 2024, the USDA announced it had issued payments amounting to $2.2 billion to eligible farmers.

Sharecropping

Sharecropping Farming Farming Acre

How Agroecology Can Help Countries Tap Climate Finance and Fund Food Systems Transformation

Food Tank

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Vietnamwhose Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development with a vision to 2050 includes agroecology as a key pillarhas strongly backed ASEANs proposals, said Nguyen Do Anh Tanh, Director General, International Cooperation Department at the countrys Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Agroecology

Agroecology Finance Food Rural Development

Elementor #747575

National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

This will reduce barriers to access and administrative burden for vulnerable populations, while fraud prevention mechanisms ensure program integrity (Sec. TITLE VI: Rural Development Green Flags: Invests in quality of life in rural communities. Click the headers below to jump to subsequent sections.

Farmland

Farmland Ruralism Farming Farming

Path to a New Farm Bill: Sustainable and Organic Research

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In addition to increasing farm productivity, public agricultural R&D investment also supports improvements in natural resources and forestry management, helps advance rural development, and enhances food safety and quality.

Farming

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Weekend reading: rising prevalence of obesity in developing countries

Op-Ed | Microfinance Empowers Women and Builds Community Resilience

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Harvesting Salad Greens – Mechanized Harvest for Small Farms

The Case for Tractor Farming

The Causes of Soil Compaction on Grazing Lands

Comments on DOL’s proposed rule for Temporary Agricultural Employment

NASDA’s Fiscal Year 2025 testimony submitted to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture

A Brief History of Discrimination against Black Farmers—Including by the USDA

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Saturday, Dec. 9

Natural Senescence

More Than a Farm: Setting Your Agribusiness Up for Success

A Brief History of Discrimination against Black Farmers—Including by the USDA

How Agroecology Can Help Countries Tap Climate Finance and Fund Food Systems Transformation

Elementor #747575

Path to a New Farm Bill: Sustainable and Organic Research

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