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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Cotton, Commodities, Agriculture Global, Economics, Ag Asia / Pacific, Trade (Commodities), Ag Africa,

Malawi Farmers under-utilizing Chinese funded Cotton ginneries - The Maravi Post

Malawi Farmers under-utilizing Chinese funded Cotton ginneries Agriculture - The Maravi Post

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Commodities, Agriculture Global, Cocoa, Economics, Trade (Commodities), Ag Africa,

‘Cocoa tops list of exportable agric products’ - Punch Newspapers

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa,

Zebu Investment Partners is supporting African ag from 'dirt to dinner table'

Zebu Investment Partners' second fund invests in the tech enablement of Africa’s SME agribusinesses - the backbone of continent’s agriculture sector.

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Randy Krotz
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Environment, Climate Change, Ag Africa, Smallholder Farms,

Smallholder farming is a proven path out of poverty, but climate change is changing the rules

Urgent action is needed to help smallholder farmers in places like sub-Saharan Africa adapt to climate change, which is already creating crisis conditions that threaten the livelihoods of millions of people.

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John LaRose Jr.
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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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Team AgWiki
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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.
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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.
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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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TOPIC(S): Irrigation, Water, Ag Africa,

10/21/2021 SOURCE: theconversation.com

What an irrigation project reveals about farmer-herder conflict in northern Nigeria

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.

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John LaRose Jr.
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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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