May 2, 2018

Planting the Seeds of Female Empowerment

ICBA and SWFF Work to Close Agricultural Gender Gap in Egypt The women and families that make their living farming in deserts are no stranger to hardship. “In desert-based agricultural systems, climate change stress is…

March 26, 2018

Sprouting Seeds: Students in Kenya Grow Their Own Healthy Lunches

Hydroponics Africa, a Nairobi company, is helping farmers, school children and families feed themselves with limited space and water. For students at the government-funded Moi Avenue Primary School nutritious meals — lunches filled with fruits…

February 15, 2018

Ignitia Evaluation Available

SWFF-funded Columbia University’s IRI conducted an external review of Ignitia, a SWFF Rd. 3 innovator. The document – 2017 Evaluation of Ignitia Daily Rainfall Forecasts for Subscribers in West Africa – is now available in the resources section…

February 7, 2018

Top 5 Trends in Agriculture 2018

The great boom of technology is having great impact on all industries and agriculture is no exception. This is the perfect opportunity to find solutions for new issues: the demand for a greater productivity, high…

January 29, 2018

SWFF Impact and Lessons Learned

This post was written by Dr. Ku McMahan, SWFF Team Lead, and Dr. Donna Vincent Roa, SWFF TA Facility Chief of Party. Currently, more than 1.5 billion people live with water shortages for at least…

January 25, 2018

The Good Fungus: An Unlikely Helper for Farmers Around the World

American scientists discovered a powerful fungus that helps plants survive extreme weather In the late 1990s, geneticist Regina Redman and microbiologist Russell Rodriguez went to Yellowstone National Park to research how life can survive in…

January 24, 2018

Testing the Hypothesis: Does Technical Assistance Impact Scaling?

The overarching aim of the Securing Water for Food (SWFF) Grand Challenge is to make more water available for the food value chain and/or enabling the production of more food using less water. The program…

January 18, 2018

How Indian Farmers are Shielding Their Seeds From Extreme Weather

An innovative seed treatment helps family farmers to grow their crops — no matter how hot it gets India’s leaders have a lot of confidence in the future of its agricultural sector — so much…

January 12, 2018

Fishing for Success in West Africa

SkyFox works with investors to bring smallholder farmers into West Africa’s lucrative fish market. The West African region, covered in hilly grassland and savanna, is known for its semi-arid climate and vast coastal waters. The…

January 11, 2018

Rural Egyptian Women Take to Quinoa

More and more women in rural areas of Egypt are warming to alternative salt-tolerant crops like quinoa thanks to efforts by the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and its partners. Under a project running…