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Don’t copy-paste EU agriculture policies Wednesday May 12 2021 By JENNY LUESBY Now Kenya has been horrendously hoodwinked. Its Parliament has been asked to ban most of the country’s pesticides, though a decision to ban anything banned anywhere else. The one ‘anywhere else’ is Europe with its bans without health or environmental evidence. Last week, my graphic designer sent me a link showing a young Zambian woman speaking at an international conference designed to draw African youth into agriculture. It was eye-widening. Her first point was that the worthy who run our overarching agric...

GIEWS Country Brief: Madagascar 06-May-2021 Format FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Widespread crop failure expected in southern regions, but cereal production at national level anticipated at above-average level in 2021 Cereal import requirements to grow slightly in 2021/22 Prices of domestic rice continued to increase in 2021 and higher on yearly basis as of February An estimated 1.35 million people in need of food assistance in January-April 2021 period and effects of drought expected to considerably worsen situation Widespread crop failure expected in southern regions Harvesting of the 2021 cereal ...

Farmers want action against corn buyer Updated: Updated: Share Article THOOTHUKUDI A group of 41 farmers from Melakaranthai village in the distict submitted a petition in the Collector’s Office seeking action against a buyer who allegedly cheated the corn farmers to the tune of ₹ 15 lakh after buying the produce from them. The Melakaranthai farmers, led by president of Karisalbhoomi Vivasaayigal Sangam Varadharajan, said the growers, who would usually get the yield of 25 bags of corn per acre, could get only 5 or 6 bags of corn this year due to unseasonal rains in January last and the F...

Rome Call for Artificial Intelligence ethics draws global interest AI Joint endeavour of Vatican, FAO, IBM and Microsoft ranked among global top 5 events in the field 22 April 2021, Rome - Artificial intelligence (AI) is a booming field drawing in large investments and already leading to major breakthroughs in the fields of drug discovery, chemical and molecular synthesis, computer vision systems and language models. It promises to catalyze revolutions in agri-food systems as well, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is already deploying it and looking at its...

India Among Nations With FAO In Action Against Fall Armyworm D-G FAO commended the steps taken; with eight 'demonstration' countries having been chosen as hubs for the Global Action for Fall Armyworm (FAW) Control Representational image. Apr 19, 2021 Fall armyworm – known in Latin as frugiperda, or “lost fruit,” for its crop-wrecking potential – has dramatically spread eastwards from the Americas in the last five years. Having established itself in most of Africa, as well as large swaths of Asia, it has lately been reported in Australia and parts of Oceania. More than 70 countr...