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Featured Blog Post

Alternative water sources

Submitted by Abadi on 03/16/2015 - 10:55am

Under dryland areas, rainfall as a result of climate change causes unwanted crop failure and food insecurity. Farmers have to use alternate water sources to supplement the crops' water requirement, especially during the mid growth stages at which soil moisture is very critical. Supplementary irrigation has increased more than 200% wheat grain yield in Northern Ethiopia.

Aflatoxin Risk Management

Building on the webinar, Featured Topic, and other resources related to this topic on FARMD, this group seeks to identify areas for partnership and c

Aquaculture Risk Management

Continuing FARMD's Featured Topic on Risk Management Aquaculture, this group opens the door for deeper conversation around risks and risk management o

Extension & Advisory Services

This group focuses on discussions related specifically to extension and advisory services and how these systems can be improved to better help farmers

Drought Risk Management in Agriculture

This group focuses on discussion surrounding the risks and risk management options available to agricultural actors in regards to mitigating, transfer

Climate Change & Food Production

This group is dedicated to discussing the impact of climate change on the agriculture sector in developing countries, as well as some of the possible

Logistics Risk in Agriculture

This group is dedicated to the discussion of logistics risks and risk management options for the agricultural sector in developing countries.

Enabling Environment Risk in Rice

Rice policies have the ability to greatly impact the rice sector for both producers and consumers.

Market Risk in Rice

This group is dedicated to the discussion surrounding market risks that face the rice sector globally and the different mechanisms used to manage thes

Production Risk in Rice

This group builds on the content of the FARMD Featured Topic on Production Risk in Rice for members to discuss risks and risk management options

Geospatial Data & Mapping for Agriculture Risk Management

This discussion group builds on the FARMD Featured Topic focused on Geospatial Data & Weather Risk Management for Agriculture Risk Management.

Coffee Berry Borer entering coffee berry

Pest & Disease Risk Management

Pest and disease is one of the most fundamental risks to agriculture around the globe. This group explores ways in which to better manage these risks.