Category: Agriculture
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Nigeria’s President Tinubu creates Ministry of Livestock Development to end longstanding herder-farmer clashes
The move, announced at the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on Livestock Reforms on Tuesday, reflects Tinubu’s belief that a dedicated ministry can address this pressing issue and unlock the potential of livestock to drive economic growth in the West African country. “Who says the solution is far? I say, ‘No, the solution is here’.…
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Republic of Congo hosts African Reforestation Summit
The conference is part of an “African and global decade of afforestation and reforestation” launched by Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso at COP27 in Egypt in 2023, the AFP reported. π¬ “This conference seems to be the beginning of a process of research and a life-saving response. The situation we already know [climate change] remains…
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Liberia: Salala Rubber Corporation Shutdown After Violent Protest, Leading to Over 800 Job Losses
Weala, Margibi CountyβIn a significant blow to the local economy, the management of the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) has announced the immediate indefinite closure of its operations following a violent protest on the premises of the company in Weala, Margibi County. The decision has resulted in the loss of over 800 jobs, impacting numerous families…
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Eight tons of tangerines thrown away by Argentine farmers
The reason is low demand as the country suffers another economic crisis. If youβre wondering “why not sell them abroad?” or “why not give them to the poor for free?” β ask the country’s president Javier Milei, he has some ideas about economics.
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Plants from Ethiopia could help combat cancer, a study shows
“There are many medicinal plants that have been used by the traditional healers for centuries,” said Paulos Yohannes, a chemistry professor and serves as associate dean for STEM/research at Georgia State Universityβs Perimeter College. “At this moment, preliminary studies have shown that we are working with plant extracts that exhibit anticancer activities.” The research is…
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Mexico foreign ministry to speak with U.S. to end avocado conflict, president says
π²π½πΊπΈ Mexico foreign ministry to speak with U.S. to end avocado conflict, president says Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that he would ask the country’s foreign minister to speak with the U.S. ambassador to the country to restart U.S. imports of Mexican avocados. The U.S. suspended inspections of avocados last week…
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Appropriation of Russian assets is illegal and contrary to UN Charter, Kenyaβs President Ruto says
βThe unilateral appropriation of Russian assets is […] unlawful, unacceptable, and a derogation from the UN Charter, especially for those who believe in freedom, justice, democracy, and the rule of law,β he said during a speech at the conference on Ukraine in Switzerland. The Kenyan president also called for peace, adding that Kenyan farmers have…
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Zimbabwe says 60% of it’s population needs Food Aid until March
Zimbabwe said 9 million people β more than half of its population β will need food aid until March after the El NiΓ±o weather phenomenon resulted in a drought that decimated the nationβs corn crop, a staple in the southern African country. That forecast is a 17% increase from its previous prediction of 7.7 million…
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Brewing Trouble: Ethiopian coffee industry faces impact of new EU regulations
πͺπΉπͺπΊ Regulations from the European Union (EU) that aim to stop deforestation globally will go into effect in 2025, with a focus on palm oil and soy as the two main risks to tropical forests. Soon, coffee importers will have to use satellite data to demonstrate that their supply chains do not contribute to deforestation,…
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Liberian Government Approves Rice Price Increase Amid Importersβ Pressures, Pledges Focus on Local Production
MONROVIA β The Government of Liberia (GOL), through the Minister of Commerce and Industry Amin Modad, has announced that it has agreed to a request from importers to increase the price of a specific brand of rice on the local market, describing the rice industry as a βcartel.β Rice is Liberiaβs staple food. Major importers…
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