Mr David Ogunleti, an agronomist at the Federal College of Agriculture (FCA) Ibadan, on Tuesday urged farmers to engage more in vegetable farming due to its high commercial value. Ogunleti gave the ...
Those numbers are from 2007, the last time the state tracked vegetable growing by county, but local farmers say those numbers don't vary much from year to year. “They stay fairly stable,” said Scot ...
I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable farms in the US and Ecuador. Small farms that made all their household income from the farm struggled ...
Cradling a bucket of freshly picked basil, Laura Seleski referenced a common refrain among farmers: It takes a lot of calories to produce the calories people consume. After five years growing produce ...
U.S. agricultural commodities trader Bunge Ltd raised its full-year adjusted profit outlook on Wednesday after stronger-than-expected food and renewable fuel demand for its vegetable oils drove a 41% ...
This year, the international panel on climate change released a landmark report and stated definitively that climate change has already begun impacting the planet. That includes the global food system ...
At Bois d’Arc Farm, we believe that starting with healthy soil is the foundation for growing the best locally-grown, organic food possible, which is exactly what we’re striving to bring to families ...
In Ghana, vegetable farming remains a vital source of food and income for thousands of smallholder farmers. Yet, the sector continues to grapple with persistent challenges, especially low yields and ...