press release -Africa: Food Prices Are Broadly Stable Amid Record Cereal Inventories

FAO

Rome — FAO Food Price Index dips slightly in November, maize and rice on course for record output in 2016 -The FAO Food Price Index dipped slightly in November, marking a mild departure from its steady rise over the course of 2016.

Cover Crops in the Corn Belt: An Interview with Sarah Carlson

Sarah Carlson is the Midwest Cover Crop Director at Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI). Since 1985, PFI has facilitated farmer-led research and information sharing to help farmers from all backgrounds practice agriculture that benefits both people and the environment. Since joining PFI in 2007, Sarah has worked to promote the latest agronomic research on cover crops and small grains by conducting supply chain projects and publishing research reports. Additionally, Sarah uses her own experience as a trained agronomist and past results of on-farm research projects to help design solutions to integrated crop and livestock concerns.

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Food Farm News had the opportunity to speak to Sarah about her work with PFI, their efforts to support Iowan farmers, and what farmers are doing today to create more sustainable farming systems.

press release- South Africa: President Jacob Zuma Signs Siu Proclamation On Kwazulu-Natal Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Mjindi Farming

President Jacob Zuma

President Jacob Zuma has in terms of section 2 (2) of the Special Investigating Unit and Special Tribunals Act, 1996, signed a Proclamation authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate certain matters in respect to the affairs of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Mjindi Farming in the KwaZulu Natal Province.

PRESS RELEASE- FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT HAS NO RELATIONSHIP WITH PROMOTERS OF CAPFIS PROGRAM

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

It has come to the notice of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development that certain individual/individuals have placed an advertisement in the internet inviting people to register in a certain programme named CAPFIS

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.