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02/17/2022 SOURCE: paepard.blogspot.com

Africa-Europe Week and agriculture

14-18 February 2022 . Africa-Europe Week and agriculture European Union leaders and African Union member states will meet in Brussels for t...

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Topics: Agriculture Global, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, Food Security/Shortage,

FAO Launches Plan to Avert Hunger Crisis in Horn of Africa

More than U.S.$138 million is needed to assist rural communities affected by extended drought in the Horn of Africa, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said. FAO fears that a large-scale hunger crisis could break out if rural communities do not receive adequate assistance timed to the needs of the upcoming agricultural seasons. A third consecutive year of poor rains is posing a major threat to food security in countries already facing natural resource limitations and conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic, and locust invasions during 2020-21. The FAO plan targets 1.5 million of the most at-risk rural populations in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia to get water, seeds, animal feed, veterinary care, and much needed cash to at-risk rural families. The organisation projects that some 25.3 million people will face "high acute food insecurity" by the middle of the year if no action is taken.

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Topics: Dairy, Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Ag Africa, Food Security/Shortage,

Kenya's Dairy Sector Is Failing to Meet Domestic Demand. How It Can Raise Its Game

Analysis - Kenya's dairy sector is estimated at 14% of Kenya's agricultural GDP. Milk is primarily produced by smallholder dairy farmers who account for 56% of total output. It is estimated that the sector has 1.8 million smallholder farmers (about 80% of producers). The remaining 44% of milk output comes from large commercial farmers.

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Topics: Economics, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa,

Kenya is in talks with the World Bank for a $200 million agriculture loan

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Topics: Agriculture Global, GMO's, Research, Genes /Genetics, World Hunger, Ag Africa,

10 things everyone should know about GMOs in Africa - Alliance for Science

[Download this page as a PDF] [See also: GMO Myths in Africa] 1. Biotechnology, genetic modication, genetic engineering and GMOs are terms for essentially the same process: breeding crops and livestock to have certain desirable traits. 2. GMOs are safe. Every major scientic body in the world agrees that GMO foods are just as safe […]

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TOPIC(S): Beef Cattle, Environment, Climate Change, Ag Africa, Ranching, Carbon Farming,

02/07/2022 SOURCE: time.com

Impossible Foods CEO on the Future of Farming

A new study shows how eliminating animal agriculture could dramatically reduce emissions

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TOPIC(S): Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Ag Africa, Animal Health,

01/31/2022 SOURCE: www.capetownetc.com

Authorities detect African Swine Fever in the Southern Cape

According to the Western Cape's Agriculture MEC, Ivan Meyer, the quarantine notice urges community members and pig farmers not to remove any pigs or pig products from the area to prevent further spreading of the disease.

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Topics: Soil Health, Ag Africa,

Bringing dry land in the Sahel back to life

Millions of hectares of farmland are lost to the desert each year in Africa’s Sahel region, but the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is showing that traditional knowledge, combined with the

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Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Research, Ag Africa, Photosynthesis,

Fickle sunshine slows down Rubisco and limits photosynthetic productivity of crops

Researchers from Lancaster University working to improve the sustainable productivity of key crops in sub-Saharan Africa have discovered an imperfection in a critical enzyme within cowpea – and believe this imperfection is likely shared with other crops.

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Topics: Commodities, Water, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, Weather,

Farmers plant 1,4m hectares

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