USDA invests $400M to pay farmers for saving water in drought-stricken West

 Lawmakers have urged the department for “serious changes” to allow more people to benefit from federal conservation programs.

Minister Banda calls for climate action

 Speaking at the recent annual Kulumba Traditional Ceremony of the Chewa people of Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, held in Zambia, Malawian Minister of Local Government, Unity and Culture, Richard Chimwendo Banda said climate change posed a serious threat to his country and its people.

Global leaders brainstorming in Rwanda on African food security

World leaders and partners in agricultural productivity have yesterday started a conference to address salient challenges confronting food system commercialization and sustainability in Africa.

Regenerative Agriculture Needs A Standardized Definition, Says New Report

A new report says that an inconsistent understanding of what regenerative agriculture entails and what it can achieve means an outcome-based framework for measuring and assessing regenerative agricultural practices is needed.

Feeding a growing global population - new ways tech is changing the agricultural landscape

There is no doubt that the human population is growing at a huge rate. According to the United Nations, the global human population reached 8.0 billion in mid-November 2022 from an estimated 2.5 billion people in 1950, adding 1 billion people since 2010 and 2 billion since 1998.

Intensive Agriculture Blamed for Bird Population Decline in Spain

The latest Atlas of Breeding Birds in Spain shows a population decline of about 27 percent in birds linked to agricultural environments.

Boost incentives to grow agro-industrial parks – report

 *Regional agriculture parks could boost food production and distribution

*But, access to land a major hurdle

*Analysis says relationship building critical to success

*Food processing hubs could overcome supply chain hurdles and pandemic-related disruptions, new analysis says.

Agro-industrial parks could offer a solution to severe global food supply chain challenges, such as the disruptions caused by COVID-19 lockdowns, new analysis suggests.

AfDB's TAAT Programme Receives Gold Stevie® Award in 2021 International Business Awards

 

The African Development Bank received a first-place “Gold Stevie” at the 18th Annual International Business Awards virtual event, in recognition of the institution’s digital campaign showcasing its Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) initiative.

Nigeria moves forward with nitrogen-efficient GMO rice

 Still basking in the euphoria of commercializing sub-Saharan Africa’s first genetically modified (GM) food crop — insect-resistant cowpea —Nigeria has begun moving toward the environmental release of an improved GM rice.

Kenya approves disease-resistant GMO cassava

In yet another big win for its smallholder farmers, Kenya has become the first country globally to approve national performance trials of genetically modified (GM) cassava.

Agri. Minister, Chinese Charge d’Affaires discuss assistance for flood-affected farmers

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, in discussion with the Chinese Embassy’s Charge d’Affaires, Chen Xilai (left)

The Chinese Government through its embassy in Guyana has once again signalled its commitment to assist the Government with its flood-relief efforts. This was disclosed by the Embassy’s Charge d’Affaires, Chen Xilai, during a meeting with Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha.

More room for value-added production in ‘agric sector

–as GMC commissions new ‘one-stop shop’, ATVs and refrigerated trucks

Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha making brief remarks at the commissioning ceremony

WITH the aim of moving from primary producer and subsistence farming to value-added production, the Ministry of Agriculture has invested $26 million in the new Guyana Market Corporation (GMC) by way of three all-terrain vehicles and two refrigerated trucks.