Researchers Build Interactive Toolkits to Teach About Pesticides

Toolkits to Teach About Pesticides

This article is a follow-up to our recent post exploring the political and community conflicts sparked by expanding use of the pesticide dicamba and describes new research that suggests that dicamba volatility in United States cropping systems may be more likely and widespread than has been understood.

Namibia: Water Conservation Under Spotlight At High Level Talks

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With studies having shown that more rainwater is stored underground on farms with bush thinning compared to farms with none, and with a poor grazing conditions, the challenges now are how Namibian producers can use these advantages and how international consumers can get the assurance that the meat bought at a bonus is produced in the right manner.

Tanzania Can Become World Food Basket

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WAS recently impressed when Nigerian business leader Aliko Dangote dominated the world on Wednesday, after various media outlets quoted him after he had addressed a meeting in New York.

26 September 2017 New Era (Windhoek) Namibia: Niledutch Offers New Hope for Grape Export Through Lüderitz Port

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Grape growers were given new hope of exporting their produce through the Port of Lüderitz in the near future.

Image Speaks- Community Allied Farmers Association of Nigeria (COMAFAS) ongoing grassroots mobilizations

This is Community Allied Farmers Association of Nigeria (COMAFAS) ongoing grassroots mobilizations and best agronmics practice training to farmers at Dunukofia, Anambra state. This is presently ongoing as pictures speak.

Nigeria: 2.9 Million Children Benefit From Govt's School Feeding Programme

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Over 19,000 schools have so far been covered under the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme.

South Africa: Farmers Speak Out Against New Plant Bills

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"Seed is something that is sacred. Seed is life. In our tradition, it is about culture, identity; it's about sharing ... If everything is for sale, when will it stop?" asked Rifqah Tifloen at a public hearing on the Plant Improvement Bill and the Plant Breeders' Rights Bill in Port Elizabeth's City Hall on Friday.

Sudan: Bread Scarcity Closes School Cafeterias, North Kordofan

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The scarcity of flour in the capital of North Kordofan and other towns has worsened. School cafeterias were forced to close as they were unable to offer bread to the pupils and students.

Botswana: Horticulture Way to GoRalotsia

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In view of its endless job creation possibilities along the lines of input supply, seedling and flower production, machinery contracting and refrigerated trucks hiring among others, horticulture has every reason to be regarded as the second green diamond for this nation.

Africa: Fall Armyworm to Cost More Than U.S.$2 Billion in Losses

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African countries are facing a maize shortage and losses running into billions of dollars due to the devastation caused by the fall armyworm.