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Credit Alex Palzewicz This will be an opportunity for farmers to share what technical assistance and education is needed to be successful, as well as their perspective on emerging issues across the food and agriculture system. A brief presentation from U.P. farmers on programs that have helped them will also be included in the virtual session. Register online at http://bit.ly/uplisteningsession before the start of the event. The goal of the event, according to Michigan Food & Farming Systems Director of Field Operations Jennifer Silveri, is to build and strengthen relationships as well as sha...

NIHORT trains 25 tomato farmers in Niger to reduce post-harvest losses, unemployment March 3, 2021 The National Institute of Horticultural Research (NIHORT), Ibadan, Oyo State, has commenced a 2-day training for unemployed youths and women, on value addition for tomato farmers. The training is taking place at the headquarters of The National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, in Niger state. Speaking at the opening ceremony on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Institute, Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Abdullahi-Garba (rtd), said that the training was organized to build the ca...

An agricultural group associated with Angus Taylor’s family thanked the New South Wales deputy premier, John Barilaro, for a $107,000 grant that was used to fund research to support lobbying efforts for the watering down of protections for endangered native grasslands. At the time, in late 2016, a separate Taylor family-controlled company, Jam Land, was under investigation for illegal clearing of native grasslands, in breach of the same...

Here are the Ann Arbor area farms offering subscriptions at upcoming virtual CSA fair Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor Published:  Updated:  Tags:  Cartons of blueberries. (Pixabay) ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Statewide CSA Network will be hosting an upcoming virtual CSA fair featuring Michigan farms on Feb. 26. The network is a collaboration between Michigan Food and Farming Systems, MSU Extension and Taste the Local Difference. What is a CSA? A Community Supported Agriculture share is a subscription program to a local farm in which you pay a farmer upfront f...

SEARCA Travel Grants Program: Up to US$1,200 each to Agriculture-related Professional 165SHARES Deadline: 7-Mar-21 The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is currently accepting applications for the Travel Grants Program. Objectives To provide opportunities to qualified Southeast Asian nationals to participate and present papers in ATTAIN-relevant scientific conferences and fora, locally or internationally. To promote the dissemination of scientific knowledge/information vital to agricultural innovation. To provide the Grantee a venue to di...