Agriculture

Poorest countries face challenges in ramping up food output

Countries that are most in need of more food to feed their impoverished populations tend to be the ones where farmers have the hardest time expanding production.In low-income nations, agricultural productivity rose at a rate of 1.24 percent annually as of 2017, according to an annual study from the Global Harvest Initiative, a research organisation sponsored by Deere & Co., Monsanto, Smithfield Foods and other businesses and nonprofits.

19 October 2017
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