Economics

09/03/2020 SOURCE: www.dailymaverick.co.za

DAYS OF ZONDO: No questions asked as millions flowed to Estina dairy project

Political pressure within the Free State provincial government to pay millions toward the disastrous Estina dairy project in Vrede, and a seeming unwillingness to look past the papers placed on her desk, suffused the testimony of the former chief financial officer in the Free State Department of Agriculture who appeared at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Wednesday.

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09/03/2020 SOURCE: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

IoT-enabled solar tree ready to revolutionise use of clean energy in agriculture | India News - Times of India

India News: NEW DELHI: The CSIR’s Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) has developed the world’s largest ‘solar power tree’ which is installe.

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09/03/2020 SOURCE: www.forbes.com

Climate Risk Threatens Agricultural Profitability, But Lenders Can Help

While lenders can’t tell farmers to adopt specific practices, they can develop lending programs and products to support farmers in transitioning to conservation practices that build resilience.

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Topics: Organic, Vegetables, Fruit, Economics, Beyond Organic , Ag India,

He Quit a 16-Year Career to Bring Organic Food to Your Doorsteps, Now Earns Lakhs

“Make food your medicine and it will take care of your health,” says the Mumbaikar who became a full-time farmer after quitting his job.

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Topics: Commodities, Coffee/Tea, Agriculture Global, Economics, Trade (Commodities),

Coffee prices touch new high, but Indian exporters unable to cash in on it

Prices are expected to increase further since the outlook for a smaller coffee crop in Vietnam, the world's largest robusta coffee producer, is boosting robusta prices

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Topics: Economics, Sustainability, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture,

Bihar Entrepreneur Grows 50% of India's Makhana, Empowers 12,000

“The way we are going, in the next 2 to 3 years, we will successfully be able to contribute 70 to 75 per cent of the total makhana production in the world."

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Topics: Precision AG , Vegetables, Agriculture Global, Economics, Vertical Farming, World Population,

Vertical farms ‘underserved’ when it comes to new seed varieties

A new company, formed by Singapore state investor Temasek and pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer, wants to ‘unlock the genetic potential of vertical farming’.

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08/31/2020 SOURCE: economictimes.indiatimes.com

Karnataka minister bats for ban on cow slaughter, ban on beef exports

“Cow is like a member of the family, and it is a crime to kill cows,” he said after opening a Goshala, set up by a private organisation at Chikkaballapur, the district he is in charge of.

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Topics: Cotton, Commodities, Sugarcane, Agriculture US, Water, Economics, Government / Policies, Sugar,

Laura largely misses U.S. cotton, sugar fields; rains to skip dry Midw

Laura largely misses U.S. cotton, sugar fields; rains to skip dry Midwest grain belt

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