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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Vegetables, Economics, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, Coronavirus/COVID,

Lockdown: Crops rot in fields

MIRRIAM Madzivanyika, a farmer in Mazowe — 40km north of Harare — grows a variety of c...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,

Covid-19: Small-scale farmers fill city's food supply gap - The Standard

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second city of some 700 000 people, has experienced a shortage of v...

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, Insects, World Hunger, Ag Africa,

05/20/2020 SOURCE: mashable.com

How this big locust plague will end

"Mother nature has to help out."...

Feeding the world amid diminishing resources and coronavirus

“COVID-19 is potentially catastrophic for millions who are already hanging by a thread,�...

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Topics: Economics, Pest Control, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, Coronavirus/COVID, Ag Middle East,

Locust swarms threaten Middle East, India, Africa amid COVID-19 outbreak

While no swarms are currently expected to impact Israel, Jordan is considered "threatened"...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Dairy, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, World Hunger, World Population,

How crop and animal sensors are making farming smarter

Installing wireless sensors among crops and attaching 'smart' ear tags to livestock could ...

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Topics: World Hunger, Urban Farming, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID, Ag North America,

'Guerilla gardeners' say they're growing food for low-income neighbourhood | CBC News

A small group of volunteers has started gardening on a neglected lot in Prince George's in...

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Topics: Agriculture Global, Fertilizer, World Hunger, Climate Change,

Phosphorus in our pee - the new gold? | DW | 11.05.2020

Phosphorus is essential for growing crops, but global reserves are shrinking fast. Now res...

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Topics: Organic, Economics, World Hunger, Ag Africa,

Africa's organic farmers struggle to get certified | DW | 12.02.2020

Smothering bureaucracy and limited access to finance hold back organic agriculture in Afri...

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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Agriculture Global, World Hunger,

Efforts to control livestock disease PPRV should focus on herd management style, not age

The risk of transmitting the virus PPRV, which produces a highly infectious and often fata...

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