The centrality of gender to climate action has been recognised by the Azerbaijan presidency of COP29, which assigned November 21, the second-from-last day of the UN climate negotiations, as Gender Day. However, gender…
As global leaders hold critical climate talks at COP29 this month, Heifer International urges direct funding for drought-stricken smallholder farmers in the Dry Corridor of Latin America and the Amazon…
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Climate Change and Fiscal Sustainability: Conservation and Risk Management Programs by HeatherManzo, Penn State Extension Educator, Allegheny County This article is the last in a four-part…
Friday, April 22, 2016 Managing Cash Flow for Your Farm Cash flow statements are very useful – they may very well be the first place where a farmer will spot…
Friday, April 1, 2016 Developing a Tasting Room Loyalty Program Part 2 By Dr Kathy Kelley--Professor of Horticultural Marketing and Business Management and Dana Ollendyke-- Extension Associate In our previous…
Friday, March 25, 2016 Developing a Tasting Room Loyalty Program Part 1 By Dr Kathy Kelley--Professor of Horticultural Marketing and Business Management and Dana Ollendyke-- Extension Associate If you are…
Thursday, January 21, 2016 Annie’s Project for Farm Women to be held in Northwestern PA It’s hard to talk about passing on the farm, but in the long run it’s…
Each and every day, in every corner of the world, food systems impacts global progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — the road map to a truly sustainable world.…
A broad coalition of the world’s greatest thinkers makes an urgent plea for ‘moonshot’ efforts to solve the ‘tragic mismatch of global food supply and demand’ in an open letter.…
The Mongolian delegation at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification Conference of the Parties (UNCCD COP16) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has recently called for the formation of a world-first ‘Coalition…
In a successful collaboration with Partners in Food Solutions, Côte d’Ivoire-based poultry producer Markegest has upgraded its packaging to meet rising standards in consumer safety and labelling in the country. In Côte d’Ivoire,…
In order to address rising challenges, farmers have turned to precision agriculture to increase yields and also reduce environmental risks. In today’s rapidly evolving agricultural landscape, farmers are under increasing…