IMTFI Blog: Object-Centered Focus Group Discussions: Stimulati...

IMTFI Blog: Object-Centered Focus Group Discussions: Stimulati...: By IMTFI Researchers Milcah Mulu-Mutuku (Egerton University, Kenya) and Castro Ngumbu Gichuki (Nanjing Agricultural University, China) ...

Farming is No different from any other Business.

Many people who want to venture into farming usually do so for a number of reasons but the most prevalent one being to attain financial freedom. That is goal number one. Here is where most of the beginners fail.  The seeds of failure are planted early before you plant actual seeds in the soil. http://www.farmingafrika.com/business/why-70-of-first-time-farmers-fail/

Who is a Serious Farmer?

A serous farmer understands the importance of investing in farming.  She/he will not take any short cuts when it comes to farming. A lot of starting farmers and sadly already established farmers fall into these short term, short vision trap. Many a times when purchasing farm materials or farms many bargain or simply ask for the cheaper alternative. Cheap is expensive in the long run.
http://www.farmingafrika.com/business/who-is-aserious-farmer/

Youth engaging youth in agriculture

For Africa to be able to feed itself, agriculture needs to become a more attractive option for youth. Otherwise, the current trend of young people migrating out of rural agricultural areas and into cities in search of bigger, better jobs will leave Africa with a shortage of farmers.    http://wle.cgiar.org/blogs/2013/07/17/youth-engaging-youth-in-agriculture/

African Agriculture: Does farm size really matter?

The issues exercising the minds of those concerned with the future welfare of the African continent and its people is the issue of farm size    http://wle.cgiar.org/blogs/2013/02/07/african-agriculture-does-size-really-matter/

by Stephen Carr

Connecting farmers in Sudan with real-time flood management information

Poor farmers need to access real-time information and they need to be able to exchange and apply it. Smart ICT (e.g. cell-phones backed up by the web) can play a fundamental role in the communication process for flood events and can provide quick, real time information on how to best manage flood water for agricultural production.  So we decided to connect information on flooding and agricultural water management with a SMS service.http://wle.cgiar.org/blogs/2014/03/25/connecting-farmers-sudan-real-time-flood-management-information/

Enhancing Adaptation to Climatic Change in Africa-Linking Agro-Meteorology and Agriculture

http://cenafrica.net/abstracts/enhancing-adaptation-to-climatic-change-in-africa-linking-agro-meteorology-and-agriculture/