Barilla Center Call-to-Action Focuses on Change, Now

Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition

Following a recent report about the urgent need to address the relationship betwen agriculture and climate change, the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition released a series of educational tools for individuals and organizations throughout the food system.

Cashew Nut Value Chains Need State Support to Flourish in the Casamance, Paper Finds

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Three presentations were made during the ongoing 11th African Economic Conference in Abuja on the examining the dynamics and constraints of the agricultural value chain on the continent.

Stakeholders implore FG to galvanize organic agriculture, reject GMO

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The Federal Government has been advised to proactively encourage the practice of organic farming to checkmate agricultural produce rejection in Europe just as they disapprove the use of GMOs saying its impact on the soil may not be ascertained.

press release- South Africa: Western Cape Agriculture On Pest Affecting Tomato Crops

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The Western Cape Department of Agriculture is tracking several incidences of a pest affecting tomato crops.

Alan Winde, Minister of Economic Opportunities, said the tomato leaf miner (Tuta Absoluta), a species of moth which attacks tomato crops, had now been detected in the Western Cape, despite attempts to halt its progress in other provinces.

Herdsmen/Fulani crisis: Ayegun –Waasinmi community hails Agric Minister for wind mill provision

Chief Audu Ogbeh

The determination of the Federal Government to mitigate the recurrent crisis between farmers and herdsmen in Nigeria received commendation from Ayegun Waasinmi community, Oyo state for the completion of the wind mill powered pole hole project allocated to the place.

The Good Of The Hive founder, Matthew Willey, talks honeybees

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Matthew Willey, founder of The Good of the Hive initiative. Matthew has committed to personally paint honeybees in murals around the world to raises awareness about the current struggle and population decline of honeybees while celebrating their incredible behaviors.

Rwanda: AfDB Roots for More Investment in Agric

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African countries should invest more in agriculture and agro-processing to boost industrialisation on the continent, Akinwumi Adesina, the African Development Bank President (AfDB), has said.

Presenting Its Report On Gender Equality At the 2016 African Economic Conference, UNDP Stresses That Women's Empowerment Key to Transforming the Continent's Agriculture

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According to a key finding in the United Nations Development Programme’s 2016 Africa Human Development Report (AfHDR) – Accelerating Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa – gender inequality costs Sub-Saharan Africa about US $95 billion a year and hampers the continent’s efforts for inclusive human development and economic growth.

NABG calls for more support for farmers

Re-elected NABG Members

* Dangote Sani and others Re-elected.
* Dangote to commence local tomato paste production soon.

The Nigerian AgricBusiness Group Associates (NABG) yesterday held its 2nd Annual General Meeting featuring AGRA, MIRA, USAID and other relevant association to chart a way forward as regards to the welfare of the Nigerian farmers. The meeting which held in Abuja aimed at unifying the voices of agriculture and agribusiness in Nigeria, which in furtherance is to to hold governments feet to investing more in the sector and not investment promises and commitments alone.

Jamaican Researchers Win YES Competition, Proposing an Action-Oriented Irrigation Study for Small Farmers

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YES Competition winners Anne-Teresa Birthwright and Shaneica Lester are going to study climate-adaptive irrigation strategies for small farmers.