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The rise of antimicrobial resistance, together with increasing global pressure to reduce or remove antibiotics from the food chain, is driving fundamental change within the animal production industry Syncra AVI is known to optimise gut health and maximise performance in poultry production. (Image source: Genencor International B.V.) Without the traditional use of in-feed antibiotics as […]
Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park (SRTI) has been developing innovative technologies, including hydroponics, for agricultural production and food security in the UAE region Sharjah Innovation Park drives the importance of hydronics to boost food security in the UAE. (Image source: Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park) Hussain Al Mahmoudi, CEO of SRTI Park, said, […]
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has launched a youth creative competition for young people in Africa, as well as those in the Diaspora with African citizenship The creative competition is expected to break information asymmetry among youth about the role and function of AfCFTA. (Image source: Adobe Stock) The competition titled ‘Umoja Africa […]
The Kokoo Pa Farmers Association, supported by FAO’s Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) programme, has trained women farmers from the Adansi South district, Ghana, in making soaps from the waste materials of cocoa The Kokoo Pa Farmers Association was formed in 2009 by cocoa farmers. (Image source: Adobe Stock) The Adansi South region, a forested […]
[ad_1] Ruth Suberu, a graduate of History and International Relations from Lagos State University, says she wants inputs and machines for her farm. Ruth Suberu is a graduate of History and International Relations from Lagos State University, Lagos. She started cultivating maize and cassava in 2016 before she began the vegetable farm Ogun State. In […]
The government of India has contributed almost US$1mn to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Zimbabwe to help affected populations tackle climate shocks The funding highlights India’s growing contributions to the global South on efforts towards strengthening resilience to climate change. (Image source: Adobe stock) The contribution, provided through the India-UN development partnership […]
Dake Rechsand, a Dubai-based company offering sustainable solutions in water conservation and desert farming, is planning to develop green cover in deserts, using the innovative Miyawaki forest model, and the company’s latest technology, Breathable Sand A fully-matured Miyawaki forest helps in 30 times more CO2 absorption, compared to monoculture plantation. (Image source: Dake Rechsand) Dake […]
Thoko Didiza, South African minister and member of parliament met Dr Abdul Momen, minister of foreign affairs in Bangladesh, to discuss agricultural cooperation between the two countries The meeting between the two ministers was aimed at discussing the status of South Africa’s relations with Bangladesh. (Image source: Adobe stock) The meeting between the two ministers […]
As President Emerson Mnangagwahas adopted policies to attract the young and educated to farming, Zimbabwe’s structural economic transformation is now expanded to the agricultural sector, catching the attention of young farmers African Farming
[ad_1] Executive Director of CRIN Ibadan, Dr Patrick Adebola • States how commodity boards will fund research, facilitate inputs• Harps on reviving moribund cocoa processing firms, others About 10 months into his five-year tenure, Executive Director of Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Ibadan, Dr Patrick Adebola, spoke with a few journalists, expressing anger over […]
[ad_1] A large consignment of vegetables and other edibles returned from United Kingdom in 2018, due to failure to meet international procedures PHOTO: GBENGA AKINFENWA Agricultural commodities exporters and other stakeholders in the sector have bemoaned the continuous rejection on some of the country’s agro produce, which they attributed to alleged ineptitude of the regulatory […]
[ad_1] Experts and other stakeholders in agriculture and food sector have identified African Yam Bean (AYB) as a food security crop with numerous benefits, capable of tackling malnutrition in the country. They made the assertion during an event organised by Peas’n Chips Entrepreneurs project; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Agroimpact Projects and Empowerment Initiative, […]
[ad_1] [FILES] Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)<br />. PHOTO: NAN No fewer than least, 40 National Youth Service Corps members across 23 Local Councils of Rivers State and some youths in the Niger Delta are currently undergoing training, courtesy of the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, to boost […]
Africa is producing a growing number of young entrepreneurs who are adopting new ideas to bring more affordable, quality food from farm to fork Ikenna Nzewi is a Nigerian-American, and the CEO of Releaf, a Nigeria-based smallholder farmer food procurement company. (Image source: AfDB) UN‘s International Youth Day theme this year- “Transforming Food Systems: Youth […]
Global food commodity prices fell in July for the second consecutive month, according to a United Nations report Cereals, vegetable oils and dairy drive FAO Food Price Index lower for second month in a row. (Image source: Adobe stock) The FAO food price index averaged 123.0 points in July 2021, 1.2% lower than the previous […]