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New project to support farm mechanisation in Sub-Saharan Africa - African Daily Voice

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:28:40 +0000

New project to support farm mechanisation in Sub-Saharan Africa African Daily Voice

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (ADV) – The Germany's Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and AGCO recently announced ...

2018-2019 Mozambique Humanitarian Response Plan (November 2018 - June 2019) - Mozambique - ReliefWeb

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:18:58 +0000

2018-2019 Mozambique Humanitarian Response Plan (November 2018 - June 2019) - Mozambique ReliefWeb

English Appeal on Mozambique about Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Aged Persons, Children, Insect Infestation and more; published on 23 Jan ...

Gathering puts focus on reclaiming traditional food | Local News - The Chronicle Journal

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:00:00 +0000

Gathering puts focus on reclaiming traditional food | Local News The Chronicle Journal

For Rich Francis, Indigenous food sovereignty and food security has never been more important.

UK And US Take On 'Global Grand Challenges' Like Food And Nuclear Security - Forbes

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:23:00 +0000

UK And US Take On 'Global Grand Challenges' Like Food And Nuclear Security Forbes

The British government said that part of its “modern Industrial Strategy” is to tackle scientific head-scratchers like microbial resistance and climate change, while ...

UGANDA: DESIGN FLAWS PARALYZE FARMING IN THE US$ 7.3 M AGORO IRRIGATION SCHEME - Black Star News

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:54:58 +0000

UGANDA: DESIGN FLAWS PARALYZE FARMING IN THE US$ 7.3 M AGORO IRRIGATION SCHEME Black Star News

Bananas plants in Agoro Irrigation Scheme, growing near water channels. During the construction, farmers hoped the rehabilitation would usher in a new era of ...

What does 2019 have in store for us? - IT News Africa

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:31:05 +0000

What does 2019 have in store for us? IT News Africa

Despite the undeniable power of modern predictive analytics, in some ways we are no better off than the old crone with her crystal ball when it comes to ...

The Philippines, With More Than 7,100 Islands, Is Importing More Fish - Bloomberg

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:10:00 +0000

The Philippines, With More Than 7,100 Islands, Is Importing More Fish Bloomberg

The Philippines, among the top 10 producers of fish globally, is preparing to import anew to contain food prices that pushed inflation to the fastest in almost a ...

KOPPLIN: GMOs are essential to modern human society - Daily Nebraskan

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 07:00:00 +0000

KOPPLIN: GMOs are essential to modern human society Daily Nebraskan

The use of gene splicing and genetic editing is currently being used to make food bigger, better and more affordable. Foods that have been genetically changed ...

Could Turkey face food insecurity? - Ahval

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:31:00 +0000

Could Turkey face food insecurity? Ahval

Late in 2018, after farmers had brought in their final harvest of the year, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) began a campaign against those ...

Strengthening sector policies for better food security and nutrition results - Food systems for healthy diets - World - ReliefWeb

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:17:53 +0000

Strengthening sector policies for better food security and nutrition results - Food systems for healthy diets - World ReliefWeb

English Manual and Guideline on World about Food and Nutrition; published on 22 Jan 2019 by FAO.

Gombe College trains 110 women, youth on fish production - Daily Trust

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:17:43 +0000

Gombe College trains 110 women, youth on fish production Daily Trust

The Federal Collage of Horticulture, Dadin Kowa in Gombe State has trained 110 women and youths on fish production and management. The Provost of the ...

Time for Africa to treat agriculture as a business - IPPmedia

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:16:33 +0000

Time for Africa to treat agriculture as a business IPPmedia

RURAL economies in Africa have become zones of economic misery. According to Dr Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, ...

Pakistan raises wheat contribution to SAARC Food Bank - The Express Tribune

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 03:27:44 +0000

Pakistan raises wheat contribution to SAARC Food Bank The Express Tribune

Has surplus production of food commodities which may be supplied to the region.

Environment Minister tours SLWMP project areas - BusinessGhana

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 03:18:06 +0000

Environment Minister tours SLWMP project areas BusinessGhana

Traditional rulers in the Upper East and the Northern Regions have appealed to the government and its development...

Swiggy, Zomato boycott by Ahmedabad hotels continues - Economic Times

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 03:11:00 +0000

Swiggy, Zomato boycott by Ahmedabad hotels continues Economic Times

The decision of restaurants and hotels in Ahmedabad to boycott leading online food delivery platforms Swiggy and Zomato has led to a 30% drop in their online ...

Environment Minister tours SLWMP project areas - BusinessGhana

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 02:05:14 +0000

Environment Minister tours SLWMP project areas BusinessGhana

Traditional rulers in the Upper East and the Northern Regions have appealed to the government and its development...

Traders to import 1.19M MT of rice - BusinessWorld Online

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:33:00 +0000

Traders to import 1.19M MT of rice BusinessWorld Online

THE National Food Authority (NFA) has 180 applicants from the private sector to import 1.19 million metric tons (MT) of rice under the out-quota scheme as the ...

Qatar, Pakistan explore ties in food security, manufacturing - The News International

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:17:02 +0000

Qatar, Pakistan explore ties in food security, manufacturing The News International

DOHA: Qatar is looking at Pakistan as its “main strategic partner” in the fields of food security and food supply, a Qatar Chamber official said following a meeting ...

CDC backs TheBoardroom Africa to double women on company boards - ImpactAlpha

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:52:59 +0000

CDC backs TheBoardroom Africa to double women on company boards ImpactAlpha

ImpactAlpha, January 22 – The U.K. development finance institution CDC is committing £1.6 million ($2.8 million) to TheBoardroom Africa to help double the ...

New Zealand Inflation Gains 0.1% On Quarter In Q4 - Markets Insider

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:21:35 +0000

New Zealand Inflation Gains 0.1% On Quarter In Q4 Markets Insider

(RTTNews) - Consumer prices in New Zealand climbed an unadjusted 0.1 percent on quarter in the fourth quarter of 2018, Statistics New Zealand said on ...

EDITORIAL: Curb threat to maize crop - Daily Nation

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:01:40 +0000

EDITORIAL: Curb threat to maize crop Daily Nation

Should this pest alone destroy half of the production, the country will be staring at a crisis.

FAO calls for policies and investments targeting sustainable water use in the Middle East and North Africa

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:00:00 +0000

It is imperative to scale up policies and investments in the Middle East and North Africa to make water use in agriculture more sustainable and efficient and to ensure that all the people in the region have access to healthy diets, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today.

Super Bowl ticket prices may be high but food prices will stay low - KABC-TV

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:04:00 +0000

Super Bowl ticket prices may be high but food prices will stay low KABC-TV

Super Bowl ticket prices may be sky high, but the food at the Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta will remain wallet-friendly for the big game on Feb. 3.

Congress: Americans in Puerto Rico still need our help | TheHill - The Hill

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 21:50:07 +0000

Congress: Americans in Puerto Rico still need our help | TheHill The Hill

The unprecedented impact of major hurricanes Irma and María in Puerto Rico created one of the worst humanitarian crises in American history. The devastation ...

Yellowstone Volcano: Expert warns one Yellowstone eruption could threaten food security - Express.co.uk

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 21:26:00 +0000

Yellowstone Volcano: Expert warns one Yellowstone eruption could threaten food security Express.co.uk

A YELLOWSTONE volcanic eruption could hit the entire Northern Hemisphere with food shortages, sparking panic across the globe.

Our focus is on developing and modernising agriculture sector: KhusRo Bakhtiar - Daily Times

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 21:19:00 +0000

Our focus is on developing and modernising agriculture sector: KhusRo Bakhtiar Daily Times

... * The minister said that the agriculture sector was neglected in the last plan and its growth remained dismal during the last five years. Staff Report. January 23 ...

Does Mahi Pono Want More? Company official says land ‘partnerships’ on other islands a possibility - MauiTime

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:22:00 +0000

Does Mahi Pono Want More? Company official says land ‘partnerships’ on other islands a possibility MauiTime

[MauiTime first broke the story of the sale of Alexander & Baldwin's old sugarcane lands in November 2018. Our ongoing Changing Maui: Mahi Pono series ...

Eat better, avoid cancer, reduce climate change impacts - centraljersey.com

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:04:06 +0000

Eat better, avoid cancer, reduce climate change impacts centraljersey.com

By Michele S. Byers What does organic farming have to do with climate change, cancer, nutrition and food security? Plenty, according to Stephanie Harris, ...

Eat better, avoid cancer, reduce climate change impacts - centraljersey.com

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:04:06 +0000

Eat better, avoid cancer, reduce climate change impacts centraljersey.com

By Michele S. Byers What does organic farming have to do with climate change, cancer, nutrition and food security? Plenty, according to Stephanie Harris, ...

Day 32 of the shutdown raising questions of flight and food security - KITV Honolulu

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:37:00 +0000

Day 32 of the shutdown raising questions of flight and food security KITV Honolulu

It's now day 32 of the partial government shutdown. Over border security it's now raising questions of flight and food security for American families.

Qatar, Pakistan explore ties in food security, manufacturing - Gulf Times

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:22:00 +0000

Qatar, Pakistan explore ties in food security, manufacturing Gulf Times

Qatar is looking at Pakistan as its “main strategic partner” in the fields of food security and food supply, a Qatar Chamber official said following a meeting.

India shouldn't worry about China-led One Belt One Road - The Daily Star

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:00:00 +0000

India shouldn't worry about China-led One Belt One Road The Daily Star

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that India should not worry about the China-led One Belt One Road (OBOR); rather it can join the initiative for the ...

Precision pest control - EurekAlert

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:05:11 +0000

Precision pest control EurekAlert

The team of researchers from the University of Lincoln, UK, is designing and building the specialist app to help farmers in hot climates identify and record the ...

Food Commission reveals 2 lakh ghost PDS beneficiaries in Odisha - Odisha Television Ltd.

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:05:00 +0000

Food Commission reveals 2 lakh ghost PDS beneficiaries in Odisha Odisha Television Ltd.

At a time while the State government is launching schemes after schemes for the welfare of people, reports of ghost beneficiaries under the Public Distribution ...

Populist schemes reignite debate on Odisha’s rising debt burden - Odisha Television Ltd.

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:44:00 +0000

Populist schemes reignite debate on Odisha’s rising debt burden Odisha Television Ltd.

In the crucial election year, Odisha government seems to be firing all weapons in its armoury to woo voters with several new populist schemes. Be it the KALIA ...

Cargill to grow Pakistan business with $200m investment - Feedstuffs

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:58:23 +0000

Cargill to grow Pakistan business with $200m investment Feedstuffs

Cargill hsa renewed its long-standing commitment to Pakistan by announcing plans to invest more than $200 million in the next three to five years.

Opinion | India now faces its own version of Soviet Union’s scissors crisis - Livemint

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:52:25 +0000

Opinion | India now faces its own version of Soviet Union’s scissors crisis Livemint

Managing relative price of food in terms of industrial goods will be one of the biggest policy challenges for the govt.

South Africa's ANC Calls for End to Sanctions Against Zimbabwe - Bloomberg

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:37:00 +0000

South Africa's ANC Calls for End to Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Bloomberg

South Africa's ruling African National Congress has called for the lifting of sanctions against neighboring Zimbabwe, where clashes between security forces and ...

Fish farm fuels first commercial flight - SeafoodSource

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:24:43 +0000

Fish farm fuels first commercial flight SeafoodSource

The world's first commercial flight using a sustainable biofuel originating from a fish farm has been confirmed by the Sustainable Bioenergy Research ...

Q&A: Why new peace talks on CAR really matter - IRINnews.org

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:00:24 +0000

Q&A: Why new peace talks on CAR really matter IRINnews.org

As a new round of peace talks between armed groups and the government of Central African Republic is scheduled to begin this week, the UN's top ...

Yield10 Bioscience Initiates Early Development Program in Corn to Evaluate Novel Traits - P&T Community

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:38:17 +0000

Yield10 Bioscience Initiates Early Development Program in Corn to Evaluate Novel Traits P&T Community

WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:YTEN), a Company developing new technologies to create ...

AGCO and Germany's Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ,Joining forces for a world without hunger - Farmers Review Africa

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:28:23 +0000

AGCO and Germany's Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ,Joining forces for a world without hunger Farmers Review Africa

AGCO, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and solutions, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the German Federal Ministry of ...

Nominations for $100,000 Africa Food Prize opens - New Business Ethiopia

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:17:33 +0000

Nominations for $100,000 Africa Food Prize opens New Business Ethiopia

Nominations for the $100,000 Africa Food Prize, an award that recognizes individuals and institutions working to make farming a profitable business in the ...

Yield10 Bioscience Initiates Early Development Program in Corn to Evaluate Novel Traits - GlobeNewswire

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:30:00 +0000

Yield10 Bioscience Initiates Early Development Program in Corn to Evaluate Novel Traits GlobeNewswire

WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:YTEN), a Company developing new technologies to create ...

Murphy nominates Towers to Rutgers University Board of Governors - NJBIZ

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:24:31 +0000

Murphy nominates Towers to Rutgers University Board of Governors NJBIZ

Gov. Phil Murphy has nominated for appointment Amy Towers of Mahwah to the Board of Governors at Rutgers University. Towers will have to be approved by ...

exchangemagazine.com - January 22, 2019 Tuesday Edition - Exchange Morning Post

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:05:23 +0000

exchangemagazine.com - January 22, 2019 Tuesday Edition Exchange Morning Post

Exchange Magazine *content* on the Education, Entrepreneurship, Economic Development and Enterprise communities. Serving Waterloo Region, Waterloo, ...

The Word From a Climate Change Believer - Foreign Policy

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:29:25 +0000

The Word From a Climate Change Believer Foreign Policy

A thermometer isn't Democratic or Republican. It doesn't give us a different number depending on how we vote. And climate change isn't a liberal or ...

Moroccan inflation rises to 1.9 pct yr/yr, planning agency says - Reuters

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:03:00 +0000

Moroccan inflation rises to 1.9 pct yr/yr, planning agency says Reuters

Morocco's annual inflation rose to 1.9 percent in December from 1.3 percent in November, pushed up by higher food prices, the country's planning agency said ...

Africa: Eat Plants, Save the Planet - AllAfrica - Top Africa News

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:45:28 +0000

Africa: Eat Plants, Save the Planet AllAfrica - Top Africa News

While the modern agricultural system has helped stave off famines and feed the world's 7 billion residents, the way we eat and produce food is posing a threat to ...

UN To Use WEF Davos To Highlight Humanitarian Issues - iAfrica.com

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:49:20 +0000

UN To Use WEF Davos To Highlight Humanitarian Issues iAfrica.com

Heads of UN and international aid agencies will use the World Economic Forum's influential platform to present humanitarian and human rights issues on behalf ...