Press Release- Nigeria to host ApiExpo Africa 2018

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Nigeria is to host the ApiExpo Africa 2018. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh gave this indication on Tuesday, 20^th December, 2016 in his office when he received the ApiExpo Africa hosting flag.

press release- South Africa: Minister Gugile Nkwinti Launches 50/50 Farm Wine Estate in Franschhoek, 10 Dec

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The Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Mr. Gugile Nkwinti is to launch a wine estate that is part of the policy on Strengthening the Relative Rights of People Working the Land (50/50) policy the Western Cape on Saturday 10 December.

Tanzania: Dar On the Verge of Facing Acute Meat, Milk Shortage

Tanzania Livestock Master Plan

Tanzania may in the next 15 years experience acute shortage of red and white meet as well as milk, the Tanzania Livestock Master Plan (LMP) has warned.

Ten Farmers You Need to Know

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According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), there are more than 570 million farms in the world and global trade in agriculture totals more than US$1 trillion annually.

press release- Mauritius: Organic Crop Production - Award of Certificates for Training of Trainers

Organic Crop

A total of 53 trainees who have completed a five-day Training of Trainees module in Organic Crop Production, under the programme Support for the development of organic farming and institutional capacity building in Mauritius, received their certificates on 7 December 2016 at the R. Burrenchobay Lecture Theatre, University Of Mauritius, Réduit.

Uganda: Pack Pupils' Food in Flasks to Keep It Warm - Ms Museveni

Janet Museveni

Education minister Janet Museveni has advised parents against packing cold food for school going children.

Ms Museveni advised parents to buy food flasks so that pupils can eat food when it is hot.

Americans Feel Guilty about Food Waste, but Still Throw Away Food

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Despite increasing evidence of the social and environmental consequences of food waste, a new study in PLOS One found that Americans throw away nearly 37 billion kilograms (80 billion pounds) of food annually, and almost half of all Americans do not realize that food waste is a problem in the United States.

press release- Africa: Ongoing Conflicts Continue to Intensify Food Insecurity

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Global agricultural prospects are improving but lean seasons loom in near future

Civil conflict and weather-related shocks have severely stressed food security in 2016, increasing the number of countries in need of food assistance, according to a FAO report.

Namibia: Villagers Claim Council Impounds, Starves Livestock

SOME livestock owners, whose animals are constantly impounded by the Oshakati Town Council, said their animals are starved and secretly buried.

Pensioner Martha Nghidishange (74), who lives in Okaku Village just a few metres from the kraal where the impounded animals are kept, had her 40 goats taken on account of wandering around town two weeks ago.

Nghidishange said the goats were impounded while they were searching for water near the Kandjengedi Bridge and she claims that she was not notified. Her niece, she said, alerted her.

"I had to sell one to pay for the release of the goats," she said, adding that she paid N$360 to the town council to free her livestock.

Last week Friday, the town council impounded 34 of her goats again, which were kept in the kraal until yesterday.

"These people are making me suffer. I do not know why they are treating me like this. They took my goats before and now they have impounded them again," she stated, adding that she has run out of money to pay to have her animals released.

She furthermore accused the council of starving the animals, which, according to her, resulted in some dying over the past few days.

"I have seen a cow and two goats lying dead in the kraal on Sunday. I saw them with my own eyes," she said, expressing doubts as to whether animal owners are notified when their animals die.

BH Ipinge also had his cattle taken after they were found being driven home at Okaku Kiipupu Village also close to the town last week.

"They took the animals into the kraal. Who do they think they are? In fact, they use bad language towards our people," he said.

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When The Namibian visited on Monday, there was no food or water in the kraal, and the animals looked hungry. There was a carcass that hung from a thorn tree inside the kraal.

13 U.S. Companies Failing on Deforestation-Free Beef

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The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) recently released a report, “Cattle, Cleared Forests, and Climate Change: Scoring America’s Top Brands on Their Deforestation-Free Beef Commitments and Practices.” The publication highlights how beef production is the primary contributor to tropical deforestation worldwide, predominantly occurring in South America.