In fiscal year 2024, climate finance amounted to 62 percent of total lending in the agriculture and food sector, in the World Bank. World Bank food- and agriculture-oriented projects approved between ...

NORFOLK, Va. — An $80 million grant is headed to Virginia Tech in support of a new program encouraging farmers to use climate-smart practices. Alongside the Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart ...

Tana River farmers, known for their heavy reliance on livestock farming, have, in recent years been at the mercy of the unforgiving ravages of climate change. Pasture deterioration and water ...

Staff at Working Landscapes' food hub processing center unload boxes of greens. The group is involved with the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, (Photo: Working Landscapes) A ...

Producers who were awarded contracts with the Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture pilot program are expected to begin receiving at least a portion of payments within days, according to those ...

EATS Act, factory farm biogas funding must be dead on arrival Washington, DC — House Republicans released a draft Farm Bill today, in advance of a House Agriculture Committee Markup scheduled for May ...

Soli health practices can help Flip Your Soil from good to great. These practices are also part of the new Climate Smart Agriculture push to sequester carbon and lower greenhouse gases. USDA recently ...

WASHINGTON, March 8, 2024 - The World Bank Board of Directors today approved an additional $40 million in IDA* grants to the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR** Climate Research for Africa project (AICCRA ...

Thirty years ago, Richard Nixon’s secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Earl Butz, relayed a message to farmers that transformed American agriculture: “Get big or get out.” ...

Not all 'climate-smart' crop projects operating in Arkansas previously approved for the USDA's Climate-Smart Commodities program grants will continue to receive funding, but some companies, like ...

The European Union (EU) and the German Development Cooperation have jointly earmarked €18.3 million for a new agricultural ...

Participants in the ALIVE project are set to receive training on post-harvest handling, support for mango processing at community level and the introduction of post-harvest processing machines. In ...