Agriculture

When you hear about big data, the first thing that comes to mind are Wall Street sharks using complex and almost magical formulas to produce stock market predictions. Or you think about complex algorithms used to understand online user preferences and then put them at the service of marketing machines…

World Water Day 2023 is a day of awareness around the vital role water plays in the world. The observance was initiated by the United Nations in 1993. Exhibits are hosted in various locations, headquarters, and embassies worldwide to give water — and its life-sustaining role — center stage. World Water Day Theme “Water…

The TL;DR? Go to the conference if you’re interested in food & agriculture. It’s worth it. Here’s the full story. It was strange walking into a conference days after Silicon Valley Bank made headlines and left many VCs and startup founders feeling shaky. I had no idea what to expect…

This piece was written by Alex Reep (CEGA Agriculture Intern) and Emily Sylvia (J-PAL Policy Manager) and was originally posted on the J-PAL blog. As farms become more productive, grow in size, or diversify into more lucrative crops, farmers require more labor hours and, often, more skilled labor. Labor needs…

Human civilisation has always depended heavily on agriculture. Yet, maintaining traditional farming practices has grown more difficult as a result of population growth and rising food demand. With its dry environment and scarcity of agricultural land, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a good illustration of this. Thankfully, technology is…

by Jeff Conant, senior international forests program manager — After more than two years of pressure from Friends of the Earth U.S., in close alliance with WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia, corporations took notice of harmful and abusive practices carried out by Astra Agro Lestari (AAL), one of Indonesia’s largest suppliers of palm oil to the world market. Beginning…

March 21st is the International Day of Forests. It’s a good time to consider the critical importance of the rich, vibrant, and life-sustaining biodiversity that can be found in forests across the globe. The International Day of Forests was established in 2012 by the United Nations General Assembly. The purpose…