African swine fever ‘devastating’ if it spreads beyond China

African swine fever ‘devastating’ if it spreads beyond China

Outbreaks of African swine fever reported from widely different parts of China over the past month have prompted experts, including from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), to warn that the virus could spill into adjacent South-east Asia, with devastating consequence for hog industries.

Intensified farming ‘rarely’ aids wellbeing, environment

A farmer harvests okra on his plot of land in Bidi Bidi camp

 Agricultural intensification rarely leads to simultaneous benefits for ecosystem services such as biodiversity and human wellbeing, researchers say.

Miyetti Allah says ‘We are not enemies to farmers’

* discards amnesty report.

National Secretary of the Meyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Social-Cultural Association, Engr. Salah Alhassan addressing members

 Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani Socio-Cultural Association has said that its group was never an enemy to local farmers in the face of ensuring food security, thereby condemned the report on amnesty submitted to the Federal Government (FG) as being hasty without full consultation to all the parties involved.

based crop insurance could debut in Kenya in 2019

based crop insurance could debut in Kenya in 2019

Picture-based crop insurance could make its debut in Kenya next year after a study in India found that it may avoid the pitfalls of other insurance schemes.

Images speaks @ the press conference of the Meyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Social-Cultural Association on Amnesty International report 2018 that held in Abuja today

National Secretary of the Meyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Social-Cultural Association, Engr Salah Alhassan addressing members

Software helps cut Indian cows’ methane emissions

Software helps cut Indian cows’ methane emissions

A software tool developed by India’s National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is helping balance the diets of 2.4 million heads of Indian cattle leading to increased milk output and reduced methane emissions, an international livestock conference heard.

Sugarcane ethanol benefits mapped out for Latin America

Sugarcane ethanol benefits mapped out for Latin America

Producing ethanol from sugarcane could reduce fossil fuel imports in Latin American countries other than Brazil, where sugarcane is already a big part of the energy mix.

Low awareness, high prices block progress on food loss

Farmers safely storing grains in hermetic bags

The technologies needed to curb food losses after harvests exist, and the first thing farmers need to adopt them is awareness that the problem can be solved.

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