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The integrated farming system (IFS) is a holistic farming approach specially designed for small/marginal farmers to enhance the system productivity, profitability, and employment generation of their farm, ultimately...

Climate-induced increase in temperature and rainfall variability severely threaten the agricultural sector and food security in the Indian state of Odisha. Climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices, such as crop...

Agriculture ministers took stock of the measures taken and the initiatives presented so far as part of the EU’s response to farmers’ concerns. They highlighted the recent vote in the European...

Access to agricultural extension and crop advisory services can play a crucial role in ensuring widespread and appropriate use of new and improved agricultural technologies, but the delivery and use...

Building up the resilience of farming systems requires implementing short- and long-term climate adaptation strategies at different scales. At the farm level, sustainable cropping practices may ensure...

Highlights: Organic farming likely jeopardizes food security of smallholder farmers in Benin. It is related to slightly lower dietary diversity and intake of vitamin A-rich foods...

Agroecology is identified as an important solution to increase the sustainability of agricultural and food systems. Despite the increasing number of publications assessing the socio-economic outcomes of agroecology, very few studies...

A newly published edition of the EU CAP Networks’ informative short-read Policy Insights publication series clarifies that a majority of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget has...

EIT Food – the world’s largest food innovation community – will deploy €15 million to support the Portfolio, to be matched against funding from corporate partners...

The European Commission presented the preliminary results of its simplification survey for farmers. Available online in all languages from 7 March to 8 April, the survey received close...