Lessons in AI Governance from the GAIA Project
Generative AI is starting to reshape how agricultural advice is produced, shared, and used — but the shift comes with both opportunities and challenges. For smallholder farmers, agriculture advisory chatbots and AI-based diagnostic tools could offer faster, more localised, and scalable support. They are often adopted by farmers directly, whilst in the best cases they…
Digital extension and advisory services for farmers amid COVID-19 come under the microscope
The challenges of using digital tools as part of extension and advisory services to help empower small and family farmers amid the COVID-19 pandemic have come under the microscope in a joint webinar hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Agrilink.
Aflatoxin risks highlighted to extension staff in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Pakistan produces many dry fruits such as almonds, walnuts, raisins, pine nuts and pistachios from which Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has the major market share in production of dried fruits. These dried fruits are exported and consumed in large quantities worldwide during the winter seasons.
Social norms: why women farmers might not be getting ahead despite development support
On International Women’s Day, Bethel Terefe, Gender Coordinator, CABI takes a look at gender-related social norms and how they affect women’s futures in agriculture. Women play an important role in agriculture. Although they rarely control decision-making on family farms, women constitute 43% of the global agricultural workforce and are an undeniable asset to the sector.