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Ending hunger and malnutrition in Malawi
Crop diversification, increasing the productivity and production of farmers through small-scale irrigation projects, improving local market systems, and other actions being implemented by the government could give a strong push...
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Agriculture bursary scheme’s budget not enough
Pretoria – The Department of Agriculture’s external comprehensive bursary scheme’s annual budget of R12.5 million needs to be increased to give more financial support to the majority of young people...
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Côte d’Ivoire cocoa farmers certified and satisfied
Tens of thousands of Côte d’Ivoire cocoa farmers are reducing pesticide use, curbing soil erosion and water contamination and at the same time boosting yields and income thanks to certification...
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Will Egypt’s Turmoil Hinder Technological Development?
By Sara Dawkins – AfricanBrains When you search for, “Egyptian Technology” in Google, you will pull 80 million results. Most of those results refer to Ancient Egyptian Technologies, however. It...
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In Brief: Chad averts locust threat
Chad has eliminated the threat of a full-scale locust invasion in its northern region, a pastoralist zone dotted with oases that provide water for small-scale farming, says the National Locust...
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Herakles Farms Appoints Dr. Atanga Ekobo as Vice President of Conservation in Cameroon
Former World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Program Coordinator to Lead Environmental Sustainability Efforts Herakles Farms (also known as SG-SOC) (http://www.heraklesfarms.com), a New York-based agriculture company operating in Ghana and...
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BADEA and AfricaRice join hands to build rice / R&D capacity in sub-Saharan Africa
More than 40 participants from 19 African countries benefited recently from a specially designed hands-on training course on best-bet integrated rice management (IRM) practices that are crucial to bridge yield...