John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Vegetables, Economics, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Farmers turning out to be among pandemic heroes - FarmKenya Initiative
The country is currently food sufficient, according to the Ministry of Agriculture
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12/21/2020 SOURCE: www.businesslive.co.za
Challenges of 2020 showed the resilience of SA’s agricultural sector and provided an opportunity to draft an inclusive growth strategy for the year ahead
THOKO DIDIZA: Agriculture lays the groundwork for land reform and jobs in a difficult year
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12/16/2020 SOURCE: news.un.org
New Desert Locust swarms are forming in the Horn of Africa, threatening agricultural livelihoods and the food security of millions of people, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on
Desert Locust ‘re-invasion’ threatens millions across Horn of Africa
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12/14/2020 SOURCE: english.mathrubhumi.com
What will we do when locusts come again? Locusts are a group of short-horned grasshoppers ..
How to get rid of locusts?
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Economics, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Government puts in R1bn to give the Covid-hit agricultural industry a boost
The government has set aside a R1 billion employment stimulus package for small-scale and subsistence farmers.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Sustainability, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Digitisation Could Transform African Agriculture
Placing an online order for farming inputs saves Velebantfu Dlamini about USD12 in transport fees for a round trip of about 320 kilometres. The 26-year-old vegetable farmer from Nkhungwini in the Shis
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Cocoa, Sustainability, Ag Africa,
If true, very unfortunate. Let's hope there's more to this story
Ivory Coast, Ghana cancel cocoa sustainability schemes run by chocolatemaker Hershey
Ivory Coast and Ghana are cancelling all cocoa sustainability schemes run by U.S.-based Hershey in the west African countries, accusing the chocolatemaker of trying to avoid paying a cocoa premium aimed at combating farmer poverty.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Crop Consultant, Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture,
200,000 farmers to benefit from regenerative agricultural intervention | Bestnaira.com
No fewer than 200,000 farmers are expected to be engaged by the regenerative agricultural intervention in 10 states in Nigeria. x The regenerative initiative, the first of its kind in Nigeria would be piloted across Kano, Cross River, Jigawa, Kaduna,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Water, Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population, Weather,
Farmers in Mali endorse climate-resilient and high-yielding crop varieties | News Break
Farmers in Mali, who volunteered to grow climate-resilient and locally adapted varieties of sorghum, pearl millet, groundnut and cowpea crops under the UE-APSAN-Mali project, demonstrated the superior features of their crops during a field visit by other farmers, seed producers and local officials. Small groups of selected highly motivated farmers identified through project implementing partners had carried out testing trials and demonstrations on their pilot plots.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Livestock/Meat, Dairy, Lamb/Sheep, Sustainability, Beef Cattle, Goats, Research, Genes /Genetics, Ag Africa, Weather,
Doctor breeds better livestock for Africa - Alliance for Science
When Dr. Baker Bakashaba graduated from Uganda’s Makerere University Medical School in 2014, a close family friend gave him the gift of a cow. The generous gift rekindled Bakashaba’s desire to engage in livestock farming at his rural home in Western Uganda. Motivated by the kind gesture and his family’s farming background, he founded Novine […]
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