An increasing number of farmers are adopting drone swarms, where autonomous groups of drones collaborate to do certain jobs. For farms with extensive land, swarm technology is the optimal choice since it significantly enhances productivity and coverage. The enhancement of efficiency in coordinated sprayi...
More integrated value chains that process goods locally, rather than exporting commodity products, would increase revenue and create new jobs. Europe and the U.S. are seeking to contain irregular immigration due to hunger and poverty from the world’s poorest continent, which also boasts the ...
Due to this, the small and marginal farmers migrated to neighboring cities in search of jobs and livelihood. In this scenario, IFS will be a solution to reduce the economic risk with improved employment generation. The continuous labour requirement for multiple crops and livestock systems provides ...
degradation and biodiversity loss, scientists and policymakers are seeing Nature not just as a problem to be solved, but as a solution – one that could have a profoundly positive impact across society, from mitigating the climate crisis to creating growth, jobs, and a new, sustainable e...
Looks at the impact the transition is likely to have on the farming community, supply chain, jobs, producers, suppliers, business owners, workers, and the wider rural economy. Published in April 2022. Environmental Land Management and the agricultural transition Report published by the House of ...
Thereafter, farmers are expected to start growing the crop for commercial purposes, therefore, creating some 50,000 jobs. The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) is currently carrying out open field tests for the Bt cotton in Kisumu and Busia in western Kenya, among ot...
Agro-Processing Opportunities: The tomato value chain includes opportunities for agro-processing, such as tomato paste and canned tomato production. This adds value to the crop, extends its shelf life, and creates more jobs in the processing industry, contributing to economic development. ...
Building on core debates in the critical agrarian studies literature, we identify commercial farming areas and contract farming as producing the most local economic linkages, and plantations/estates as producing more jobs, although these are of low quality and mostly casual. We point to the gender ...
A third group are young people with jobs in the city, looking to invest in agriculture. They have witnessed the fast growth of macadamia and avocado amongst smallholders in their home villages, and are looking to get in on the opportunity. Acquiring land to establish an orchard is perceived ...
“There is renewed interest in agriculture from women, young people and people who previously did not have access to agriculture - our government needs to harness this interest. Agriculture is a way of creating jobs and we need to offer awareness and training around agriculture from grassroots-lev...