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How "Kitovu Technology" Improves Small-scale Farming, Food Security In Nigeria

Angela Umoru

April 26, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Iseyin, Oyo State

Kitovu Technology is a social enterprise that aims to use data and technology to help farmers in Nigeria increase their crop yields and access new markets. Since 2017, the company has trained over 300 agents to work with about 12,000 farmers on using the mobile app to track their progress. The company also partnered with the government on a pilot program to introduce an electronic warehouse system to allow farmers to store their grains.

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Vertical Farms Expand as Demand for Year-Round Produce Grows

Amy Zipkin

April 06, 2022 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

Venture capitalists are increasingly interested in investing in indoor vertical farms as a way to combat supply chain disruptions and grow crop yields in a changing climate. A number of these farms are opening in the coming years throughout the United States and the industry is expected to grow to $9.7 billion worldwide by 2026. However, running an indoor vertical farm does have some technological limits and can result in high energy costs.

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Lessons from a 74-year-old farmer who switched to organic sugarcane farming

Sanket Jain

March 18, 2022 |

Mongabay |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Kolhapur, Maharashtra

After realizing that his soil was becoming more saline after repeated uses of chemical fertilizer, a farmer in India made the switch to organic farming with the hopes of saving his crops. By switching to organic farming he has a lower crop yield than he would by using chemicals, but he is hopeful others will see the benefits of this method.

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Can Small Seaweed Farms Help Kelp Scale Up?

Lynn Fantom

March 16, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, Maine

Atlantic Sea Farms strives to create sustainable ocean livelihoods by growing seaweed, which is good for both people and the planet. It's nutritionally dense, provides an extra source of revenue for fishermen, and is environmentally low impact. Ongoing studies also indicate it might absorb carbon dioxide in the ocean and tamp down ocean acidification. In 2018, Atlantic Sea Farms was producing 30,000 wet pounds of seaweed a year but expects a harvest of 1.2 million pounds this year, making it the largest in the U.S.

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Farmers rediscover benefits of traditional small grains in Zimbabwe

Tatenda Chitagu

March 15, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Zimbabwe, Bikita

With the help of community projects and organizations, farmers in Bikita, Zimbabwe, are transitioning back to growing traditional small grains after hybrid maize crops led to disappointing results.

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Reinvent Utah farms to save our soil and Great Salt Lake?

Luke Peterson

February 25, 2022 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

Farmers in Utah practice no-till farming to improve soil health and water retention amid an ongoing drought.

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Artificial nests for barn owls help farmers befriend these natural rodent killers

Kasturi Das

January 07, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Assam

Farmers and scientists in Assam, India, are creating artificial nest boxes for barn owls to help conserve and increase the population while reducing farmers’ use of chemicals to control pests.

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Is the Future of Big Dairy Regenerative?

Gosia Wozniacka

September 08, 2021 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States

Several big food corporations like Danone and General Mills are working with local dairy producers to launch soil health programs that would help reduce their carbon footprint. For example, Danone is supporting 34 dairy farms to transition their operations to more regenerative practices. While it remains unclear if their efforts will reduce carbon emissions from dairy farms, early results show they are reducing soil erosion, improving water retention, and using less synthetic fertilizers.

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The Nation's First Regenerative Dairy Works with Nature to Heal the Soil—at Scale

Gosia Wozniacka

September 07, 2021 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, Crescent City, California

The Alexandre Family Farm in California made the switch to regenerative agriculture as a way to improve their soil health and improve the quality of their dairy operations. They are part of a growing number of individual dairies across the country that are embracing organic farming and are becoming “certified regenerative” as a way to build relationships with consumers and retailers on their own.

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How Kansas ranchers and the land benefit from going back to the way of the bison

Michael Pearce

August 03, 2021 |

The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas

In Kansas, a group of younger ranchers are shifting away from decades long, traditional, ranching practices and instead using methods synched with nature. Changes include things like burning the pasture to clear dead grass in the spring, instead of burning in the summer. Research shows summer burns save millions in operating costs and it's actually a long-held practice by indigenous people before settlers arrived. The ranchers are also changing how they graze and spray, methods that use less pesticides and increase wildlife.

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