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  • Seeds of change: Nepal's local crops raise hopes for food security

    Mukesh Pokhrel

    January 22, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    In an effort to protect and promote Nepal’s local, or traditional, crops, the Raithane Koseli Ghar initiative gathers and sells the hard-to-find seeds. The initiative also provides support and education to farmers looking to grow them.

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  • Farming with a future: how social enterprise Nuup helps Mexico's smallholders to thrive

    Laura Joffre

    January 18, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Mexico

    Nuup helps smallholder farmers in Mexico succeed through all steps of the value chain by helping them access funding, connecting them to agricultural markets, and optimizing their performance with technology and education.

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  • Farmer-to-Farmer awareness Campaign Reduces Burden of RVF in Rwamagana

    Francine Andrew

    January 18, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Rwamagana

    The Livestock Farmers Field School trains prominent farmers in how to prevent, spot, and treat Rift Valley Fever in their cattle. Trainees then lead information sessions in their communities, raising local awareness of the disease and helping small farmers address symptoms before the disease progresses.

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  • The plan to save Italy's dying olive trees with dogs

    Agostino Petroni

    January 17, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Italy, Parabita, Puglia

    The Xylella Detection Dogs team is a group of dogs trained to detect the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium killing olive trees in Italy. Similar to sniffer dogs that detect drugs or weapons for the police, these dogs use their noses to find out if a tree has the bacteria.

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  • Conservationists Are Saving America's Prairies by Selling Them Off

    Marcello Rossi

    January 16, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    The Nature Conservancy uses conservation easements to protect prairie land in Oregon. These legal agreements allow landowners to sell their land to the conservancy but continue to use it for activities like farming and ranching.

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  • Crop of the future? More climate-hit Kenyans count on fish farming

    Caroline Wambui

    January 16, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kibingo

    The Kirinyaga county government is helping Kenyan farmers build fish ponds and supplying them with their first stock of fish and food in an effort to diversify their incomes while adding rainwater storage amid the drought.

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  • Some Regenerative Farms Are Weathering California's Unprecedented Rainfall

    Ryan Peterson

    January 13, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Farmers in California practicing regenerative organic agriculture are weathering the heavy rainfall better than their peers because regenerative practices improve soil health allowing more water to infiltrate and stay in the soil.

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  • Can This Beef Cooperative Become ‘the West's Largest Climate-Smart Ranching Program'?

    Caroline Tracey

    January 10, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    The Country Beef Natural cooperative partners ranchers with scientists to help them learn about the best regenerative practices for the land their herds graze on and monitor whether new practices are improving the health of the land.

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  • OnePointOne is Arizona's newest sustainable vertical farm

    Scianna Garcia Samantha Chow

    January 09, 2023 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Avondale, Arizona

    OnePointOne farm uses vertical farming techniques to grow nutrient-dense, seasonal produce year-round. The farm operates on artificial intelligence and robots tend to the plants. Vertical farming also uses less water and can produce significantly more crops than standard horizontal farms — specifically 250 more plants per acre than traditional farms.

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  • University of Wisconsin partnership converts manure to jet fuel while easing climate change

    Anastasia Pirrami

    January 06, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Franken, Wisconsin

    A project between the University of Wisconsin and California-based Agra Energy created a commercial facility that turns biogases from food waste or manure into diesel and jet fuel.

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