John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Water, Aquaculture/Fish Farming, Fishing (Commercial), Ag Africa, Food Security/Shortage, seafood,
Fish farming under threat in Luwero over high costs of feeds
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Luwero district have decried the high costs of feeding fish. According to the Luwero district fisheries office, the district boasts of 20 tonnes of fish produced annually from 350 farmers spread in the sub-counties of Nyimbwa, Katikamu, Zirobwe, Luwero and Butuntumula sub-county among others. However, fish farmers say …
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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, GMO's, Ag Africa, AgriBusiness,
Game-changing GM crop finally planted in Nigeria
Last July, for the first time, subsistence farmers in Nigeria planted a new variety of genetically modified (GM) cowpea – and it promises to bolster food
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Sorghum, Food/Nutrition, World Hunger, Ag Africa, Food Security/Shortage,
Small grains deliver big returns for African farmers facing climate change - Alliance for Science
The rains are long gone and the field is dry, but the sorghum crop is flush with luscious green leaves, foretelling a good harvest. The stubby, thin sorghum stalks, which delicately balance bi-color heads of grain, crowd farmer Simangaliso Ncube’s one-hectare plot in Mapulubusi village in Zimbabwe. Ncube planted the sorghum in the 2019-20 season, […]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Jobs, Economics, Ag Africa, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),
A Business Opportunity With Exponential Benefits: Linking Agriculture and Energy To Improve Livelihoods in Africa
Why agriculture and energy access businesses in Africa should link their efforts to boost rural development and improve farmers' livelihoods.
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10/21/2021 SOURCE: theconversation.com
Farmer-herder conflict is taking its toll on productivity in northern Nigeria. Efforts to solve this problem must include all stakeholders and take into account their concerns.
What an irrigation project reveals about farmer-herder conflict in northern Nigeria
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Commodities, Economics, Sustainability, Trade (Commodities), World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population,
Time for global leaders to invest in Africa’s agriculture
Beth Dunford: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 October 2021: More than six out of every 10 people in Sub-Saharan Africa work in the continent’s agriculture sector. We may not realize that what grow…
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Economics, World Hunger, Ag Africa, Food Security/Shortage,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Cotton, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, GMO's, Genes /Genetics, Ag Africa,
Burkina Faso cotton industry wants to bring back GMO seeds - Alliance for Science
Burkina Faso’s cotton industry wants to bring back the genetically modified varieties the nation phased out in 2015. The German firm Bayer will begin negotiations with Burkinabe authorities by the end of this year to allow for a return of the Bt cotton seeds that local farmers have been demanding, according to Wilfried A. Yameogo, […]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Sustainability, Research, World Hunger, Ag Africa, Weather,
A climate-smart success story for African agriculture - Nibio
InnovAfrica has taken an innovative and integrated approach to improve the food and nutrition security for thousands of smallholders in six African countries.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, GMO's, Genes /Genetics, World Hunger, Ag Africa, Regenerative Agriculture,
Nigeria green lights GMO maize - Alliance for Science
Nigeria continues to emerge as a leader in Africa’s adoption of crop biotechnology, approving insect-resistant and drought-tolerant TELA maize for open cultivation. The improved maize joins insect-resistant Bt cotton and pod borer-resistant Bt cowpea as genetically modified (GM) crops that can help Nigeria’s smallholder farmers reduce pesticide use, increase yields, support food security and respond […]
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