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Mozambique: Develop Actions to Guarantee Food Production
Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo) Maputo — Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario declared on Friday that it is urgent to develop actions that will guarantee food production ...
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Land reform needs to be about more than agriculture or farming
Dogged reference to the number of hectares transferred ignores the connections between people and nature, and will ultimately result in social justice failure. Land reform is ...
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Sustainably produced milk with guaranteed origin
With GEA milking technology components and Holstein dairy cattle, Fazenda Trevisan produces 13,000 liters of milk per day. (image: Fazenda Trevisan) Düsseldorf (Germany), October 12, 2020 ...Africa the world’s “leading area” for farming development
Dan Hennesy, vice president of the US-based Land O’ Lakes member-owned, agricultural co-operative, said South Africa would be their “landing point” for investment in agriculture in ...Potential COVID-19 Vaccine Powered By Agriculture
Quillaja saponaria tree “in vitro” allows Botanical Solutions Inc. researchers to extract more valuable compounds with less environmental impact.( Gastón Salinas, Botanical Solutions Inc.)A tree you’ve ...For sustainable agriculture in West Africa, let’s leave our echo chambers
Regional governments are supporting agroecology with one hand and business as usual with the other. ustainable agriculture is growing fast in West Africa, and the transition ...
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IITA And CIMMYT Collaborate To Enhance Adoption Of Conservation Agriculture In Southern Africa
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) recently launched a project that aims to investigate the drivers and barriers to adoption of Conservation ... -
Namibia harvests first commercial blueberries thanks to smart irrigation
July 2020 saw the commencement of Namibia’s first-ever commercial harvest of blueberries by local company Mashare Berries Farming (Pty) Ltd. The historic harvest took place on a 20ha development located close to ... -
Syngenta Flowers strengthens European leadership team
Supply Chain at the core of the organization, with broad scope in activities to bring quality Operations to become separate function, with focus on delivery performance Continued commitment to offer quality innovations ... -
Smaller farmer’s fields can reduce biodiversity loss and increase wild plants, birds, beetles and bats
Around the world, biodiversity is dropping precipitously. In North America, about three billion birds have been lost over recent decades and amphibian populations are declining at a rate of about four per ...
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Tanzania: Why Value Addition Key to Agro-Production, Food Security
By Alfred Zacharia Arusha — Experts have stressed value addition as key to agricultural production and food security. “You need not confine your efforts to the ...Equipping women farmers in Africa for long-term success
Women farmers in Africa are undervalued but are central to sustainable development for all. Image: PIxabay. Despite complications created by COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, UN Women and ...Zambian Good Nature Agro closes $2mln financing for farmers
(Ecofin Agency) – Zambian tech-enabled agricultural startup Good Nature Agro announced it has raised $2.1 million in a Series A funding to support nearly 15,000 farmers ...South Africa: Agriculture Committee Welcomes the Release of Land for Agricultural Use
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development welcomes the announcement today by the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Ms Thoko ...
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Zimbabwe: Sable Chemicals key to Pfumvudza
Minister Nzenza Zimbabwe’s sole producer of ammonium nitrate fertiliser, Sable Chemicals in Kwekwe, has a critical role to play under Government’s Pfumvudza programme and will receive ...Tanzania: Tz Tops Africa in Hybrid Cashew Varieties
Image Source: Wikipedia TANZANIA is the first country in Africa to develop and cultivate hybrid cashew varieties, realising high yields to farmers. Principal Agriculture Research Officer ...Zambia bans export of maize
Lusaka – Zambia has temporarily banned all exports of maize and maize meal with immediate effect until it secures at least a million tonnes of grain ...How power shaped the ‘success story’ of genetically modified cotton in Burkina Faso
The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once the poster child for genetically modified (GM) crop advocates. Its 2008 adoption of GM cotton for smallholder ...
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