The proportion of smallholder farms globally may be much larger than previously thought, suggesting that their current contribution to global food production could be underestimated, a crowdsourcing study reveals.

Any private sector investments in Africa’s food sector must take account of Africa’s smallholder farmers if the investments are to survive, particularly with climate change.

The dwindling agrarian and small farming communities around the world have certainly not had it easy during the last 50 years or so. The lure of urban life and salaried jobs along with the increasing corporatization of agriculture across the world which essentially made small, family farms unprofitable are just two of the many factors that have contributed to the vanishing of many small communities.

Digitization could change the game for agriculture in Africa. That's a key message in a reportrecently released by an international institution that enhances smallholder farming in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.

African governments should enact policies that facilitate adoption of technologies and innovations required to transform small-holder farming, international scientists said.

Back in 1870, almost half the U.S. workforce was employed in agriculture — today just two percent of Americans work on farms.

As we celebrate World Soil Day 2019, the need for and value of healthy soil continues to be of utmost importance.

New digital media are fast becoming available to convey new technology and new knowledge to farmers.

Millions of family farmers across Africa are facing economic devastation as COVID-19 pandemic disrupts exports and global food supply chains. This is according to the Impact of Coronavirus on Africa's Agriculture April 2020 report released by Selina Wamucii that gives a most-recent and ground-up perspective on how the pandemic is affecting African farmers.

E-commerce gives a signal as to how African farmers will access markets in the future.

Africa has so far escaped the worst health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Everyone who buys food can influence how it is produced and who benefits. Individually, we may all think that we have little, or no, choice. But collectively, we can reshape our food system into one that fosters well-being, health and equity.

You have argued that governments should use the post-COVID environment to think differently about agriculture. What should be done differently?

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Boosting investments to help small-scale farmers adapt to the impacts of the climate crisis is more urgent than ever, warned the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at the United Nations Conference Stockholm+50.

Value addition is a central theme in agriculture. The concept involves adding value at every step, from production to delivery of a product.

Gauteng MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa speaks out about how small-scale farmers can be supported so they can become sustainable and profitable when up against numerous challenges.