Today, his administration is urging Americans to return to subsistence agriculture. Egg prices have skyrocketed, recently surpassing $8 for a dozen wholesale large eggs.

The Gambia’s agriculture sector is undergoing an ambitious modernization. A World Bank project is supporting 19 small and medium-sized enterprises to expand their operations. The country’s agriculture ...

The effects of commercial logging, mining and farming can ripple beyond the boundaries of the operations, leading to the substantial loss and degradation of nearby forest for subsistence ...

Hawaiian beneficiaries of the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands have been awarded 68 agricultural lots on Hawaii island — the department’s largest agricultural lot offering since the ...

In Cameroon, 60% of the working population works in the agricultural sector. And in the Far North region, where Boko Haram is wreaking havoc with people’s security and livelihoods, sorghum is the ...

Much farming in Nigeria is subsistence, and land is owned by families or individuals, which makes large-scale acquisition problematic. Nigeria also imports food for its 200 million-plus population.

There is often good archaeological evidence of subsistence associated with the adoption of agriculture, which is in sharp contrast to the sparse pre-agricultural evidence for diet as discussed ...

Deforestation for oil palm plantations in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler Agriculture is the direct driver of roughly 80 percent of tropical deforestation, while logging is the biggest single ...

President Museveni has said Uganda is ready for large-scale investment, saying the country now has the peace, security, and infrastructure needed to support profitable business growth.Addressing the ...

Climate change is now expected to lead to several deleterious impacts on planet earth such as rising sea levels, extreme weather events, the loss of biological diversity, and perhaps most importantly ...

Nigeria and Brazil have signed a $1bn agreement focused on strengthening agriculture and food security in Nigeria. The partnership will deploy mechanised farming equipment, training programmes, and ...