Uttar Pradesh, India – The Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh prides itself on having many women farmers. They cultivate diverse crops including wheat, mustard, fenugreek, vegetables, among others. With the land being fertile, they earn reasonably well but because of following traditional farming practices, they are handicapped in terms of quality and quantity of produce, […]
The youth are the future of agriculture. However, the Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar (AFFM), the national implementing agency of AFOSP-MTCP2 in Myanmar, saw low participation of youth in agribusiness, which is attributed to the limited access to resources such as land, start-up capital, business mentors, and increasing number of youth moving from rural […]
In China, important policy improvements were made for land, insurance, finance and human resource. These were submitted in four reports to the Ministry of Agriculture. Specific suggestions were brought forward to relevant departments concerning set-up of taxation items. Five policy dialogues were conducted: one was attended by 89 representatives from 89 cooperatives to modify the […]