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Fertilizer Empowers Women Farmers in Bangladesh
Women farmers are important members of Bangladeshi communities. Through training and business opportunities, IFDC empowers them to take charge of their production, and their success. One such farme…
How can we empower women in agriculture to end hunger?
Measuring the inclusion of women in the sector is key to creating well-targeted policies that will help farmers increase their yields and feed more hungry people
How Women Farmers are Changing U.S. Agriculture
A new book explores the way women farmers grow, network, and create community around food.
How Eating Insects Empowers Women
For women denied access to land or agricultural resources, the booming edible insect market is an essential source of protein and cash.
There Are More Women Farmers Than Ever, But They Make Less Than Men. Why?
Small Farmers Are Not Who You Think: How Female Farmers Are Feeding The World
Great “Grass Farmers” Grow Roots
If you go to enough workshops about grazing, you’re bound to see an illustration that shows how biting off the tops of plants impacts their roots, and how if you graze short enough, the plant…
What Farmers Need to Know About Audits
The IRS often targets farmers for an audit for a variety of reasons, but primarily because income is not reported to farmers on W2s or 1099s. Without an audit, it’s difficult for the IRS to know if a farmer is accurately reporting income.
Hacking the farm: How farmers use 'digital agriculture' to grow more crops
Climate Corporation aims to take the guesswork out of farming. The company offers a slate of "digital agriculture" tools that provide a real-time look at what's happening on the farm.
How Seed and Pesticide Companies Push Farmers to Use Bee-Killing Insecticides
A near-monopoly in the seed industry leaves farmers with few other choices than seeds coated with neonicotinoid insecticides
The Real Reason Why Daylight Saving Time Is a Thing
The idea that farmers campaigned for Daylight Saving Time is a myth
What is going on with fertilizer prices?
Farmers are faced with prices that won’t drop soon and a laundry list of new decisions to make.
A New Female Farmer Emoji? Yes, Please!
Dancer and princess emojis don't quite apply to you? A farmer emoji might soon be available!
Why do we need farmers and ranchers?
By Jessica Domel About once every year or so, I convince myself I should plant a garden of my favorite fruits and vegetables at my house so I don’t have to go to the grocery store as often. In my head, this garden is beautiful, abundant and easy to care for. Soon after the dream, …
Why empowering 100 million farmers to transform our food system matters
As Madagascar faces the first climate change-created famine, it is time to ask how we can empower farmers to speed the transition to nature-positive food systems.
Farmers Insurance Presents Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
Microbes Will Feed the World, or Why Real Farmers Grow Soil, Not Crops
It's not just better crops that will feed the world—it's better microbes.
How Drones Help Farmers
Drones give farmers a bird's-eye-view of their crops, so they actually know where pests and infertile areas are.
