Developments
Rural-urban migration: going with the flow
Rural-urban migration is a natural process and should not give cause for concern. But government concerns over rapidly expanding urban areas reveal a failure to understand the complexity of human mobility...
Agroforestry comes of age in Orlando
Agroforestry is a science at a crossroads. Whilst the growing of trees on farms is a ancient practice, understanding and developing the relationship between trees, crops and farm livelihoods has only been the subject of scientific study for the last quarter century. Yet even in that short time, agroforesters' understanding of the potential of their science has changed dramatically...
A partnership for pastoralists: extending the message
Building on strengths to effectively link research and development activities in livestock health and production is the objective of a new partnership forged between ILRI and Vétérinaires Sans Frontières-Belgium. Through this partnership, the livestock Farmer Field School methodology, tried and tested in the highlands of Kenya, will be extended to pastoral systems in south Sudan and the Turkana region of Kenya...
Preparing for the worst while hoping for the best
News in August of the latest nuclear accident in Japan was greeted with considerable concern. It is precisely the type of incident that Brenda Howard - a radioecologist - is ready to respond to, by finding out which farm products are going to cause concern and pose a potential risk to human health....
A group of farmers in Uganda have shown initiative and determination to improve their lives by forming a legally recognised organisation and building commercial links with seed companies...
