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The Coalition on Sustainable Productivity Growth for Food Security and Resource Conservation (SPG Coalition) brings together researchers, non-governmental organizations, and private sector partners to advance a world with greater access to nutritious food and affordable diets. The Coalition recogniz

In Uganda today, farmers can get immediate professional advice by sending photos to extension personnel and agronomists through the popular m-Omulimisa and Ezy Agric digital applications.

Digital tools transform farming 19th May 2021 Digital precision agriculture tools are helping Nepalese smallholder farmers better maximise the yield potential of their rice crops. With the help of a global team of researchers rice farmers in Terai, which lies at the outer foothills of the Himalayas, are using tech to bridge the growing rice field gaps widening the gulf between ‘actual and attainable’ yields. Declining soil fertility mixed with a one size fits all approach to managing the cr...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Location of Nutrient Expert-Rice trial sites in the Terai and mid-hills regions of Nepal. view more  Credit: © Amgain Lal Prasad Rice farmers in Nepal are chronically falling short of their potential productivity. Poor rice yields are persistent across the Terai--a lowland region lying south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas that extends through southern Nepal into northern India--and existing decision support systems are failing to provide the precision requir...