Sentences with phrase «small holder farmers»

As a trainee plant pathologist, I could offer basic crop health and plant disease diagnostic support to small holder farmers in developing countries.

In 2012, Julio returned to Kenya to run Farm Shop — an agro-dealer network distributing agricultural inputs for small holder farmers.

Dr. Akinwumi, a former Nigerian Minister for Agriculture, is being recognized for his leading role over the past decade in among others, helping galvanise the necessary political leadership to transform African agriculture, introducing initiatives that have exponentially increased the availability of credit to small holder farmers across Africa and expanding food production in Nigeria.

«If you look at who will be the victims of climate change, it will be small holder farmers [in equatorial nations]... and that brings you back to energy.»

ClimateCare supports small holder farmers, helping them improve yields and providing clean cooking, safe water and renewable energy.

Reflecting sunlight from the Earth by geoengineering would undoubtedly cool the climate - but how will this impact on small holder farmers who depend on un-manipulated nature and other ecosystem services for their nature based agriculture.

Dr Washington Otieno, executive of the Plantwise programme at CABI explained how they provide «plant doctors» to small holder farmers to reduce crop losses and prevent further spread of disease.

This can be problematic, however, by the support we are already experiencing, we can say that the Green Planet sees the need to strengthen AGRO and environmentally focused groups to encourage value addition at community level thus improving the livelihoods of the small holder farmers.

Clif Bar is advancing its sustainability priorities and reducing carbon emissions by improving the wellbeing of the small holder farmers that grow key ingredients.

Family and small holder farmers should not be displaced to grow or harvest biodiesel feedstock.