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TOPIC(S): Beef Cattle, Ag Africa,

01/08/2021 SOURCE: www.thesouthafrican.com

'Stolen cattle thrown out of moving taxi’ as suspects try to evade police

After the cattle were thrown out, the taxi crashed near farm hostels and the suspects escaped on foot. Police are still searching for them.

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TOPIC(S): Climate Change, Ag Africa,

01/08/2021 SOURCE: www.bbc.com

The bold plan to save Africa's largest forest

The Congo Basin contains the world's second-largest rainforest, crucial for regulating the world's climate. Inside it, a plan to halt the forest's decline is bearing fruit.

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Topics: Markets/Pricing, Vegetables, Economics, Transportation, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population,

Garlic farmers urged to increase exports

LOCAL garlic farmers have been urged to increase exports riding on the growth of the global market which has expanded to US$2,48 billion in the past two decades, from US$500 million, according to ZimTrade.

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Topics: Forestry, Sustainability, Research, Ag Africa, World Population, Ag South America,

Colombia’s sustainable forestry drive boosts biodiversity and business | South Africa Today

Despite the high costs and long registration times, sustainable timber harvesting has the potential to bring more value to rural Colombians while also acting as an effective and important conservation tool. Forest management plans are critical to establishing which trees should be exploited, as well as setting standards for related processes so that the environmental […]

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Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Ag Asia / Pacific, Ag Africa, World Population,

Factbox: China's agricultural progress in 2020

An unmanned harvester works in paddy fields in Hongwei farm, northeast China Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)The following facts and

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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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TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Agriculture Global, Ag Africa,

12/21/2020 SOURCE: www.businesslive.co.za

THOKO DIDIZA: Agriculture lays the groundwork for land reform and jobs in a difficult year

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

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TOPIC(S): Pesticides, Pest Control, Insects, Ag Africa,

12/16/2020 SOURCE: news.un.org

Desert Locust ‘re-invasion’ threatens millions across Horn of Africa

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

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TOPIC(S): Pest Control, Insects, Ag Africa,

12/14/2020 SOURCE: english.mathrubhumi.com

How to get rid of locusts?

What will we do when locusts come again? Locusts are a group of short-horned grasshoppers ..

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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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