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A 173-meter ship carrying 3,300 tons of Ukrainian corn was stranded for nearly 6 hours after its rudder failed (Yahoo News)
September 02, 2022
Yahoo News published an article stating that a ship with 3,300 tons of Ukrainian corn was stranded after running aground off the Turkish coast. The Lady Zehma became grounded after rudder failure Following the agreement between Ukraine and Russia to move grain and other products out of the Black Sea Port, the UN has been […]
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Subsidized fertilizers fail to reach rural farmers in Kogi State (Kogi Reports)
September 01, 2022
Kogi Reports (Nigeria) published an article stating that farmers in Nigeria want and need fertilizer. Fertilizer is an important agricultural input as it helps maximize crop yield. Significantly, fertilizers help the soil increase its fertility. By implication, it promotes better growth. But farmers are unable to access the important farm input in the desired quantity. […]
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Decoding rural revitalization, Xi Jinping’s new priority (ORF Online)
September 01, 2022
ORF Online (India) published an article stating that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is now prioritizing rural revitalization. There is no single global definition of rural revitalization. The 2019 Global Food Policy Report by the International Food Policy Research Institute describes rural revitalization as a way of “positively transforming rural areas for present and future […]
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Forbidden to export: the monster that the war in Ukraine awoke (Mas)
August 31, 2022
Más (Colombia) published an article stating that the world has had a difficult succession of crises in recent years. The response of some countries, in the face of the pandemic and especially the war in Ukraine, has been to prohibit or limit their food exports, to privilege their compatriots. Globalization, which seeks the free world […]
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Food security: FG launches policy to boost agriculture production (News Agency of Nigeria [NAN])
August 31, 2022
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) produced a video on the Agriculture Technology and Innovation Policy launch. The Policy has ten thematic areas including synergy and MDA alignment; livestock development; knowledge creation, and transfer; rapid mechanization; revitalization of extension service delivery; strengthening value-chains for priority crops; fisheries, and development of marine resources. The project runs through […]
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Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) project enters Phase 4.0 (Krishak Jagat)
August 31, 2022
Krishak Jagat, India’s agriculture newspaper with the largest farmer subscription base, published an article on how the eastern Indo-Gangetic plains (EIGP) have a higher density of rural poverty and food insecurity than any other region. The region’s intensive rice-wheat cropping system has large yield gaps, which are far higher than anywhere in South Asia, coupled […]
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Can urine help feed the world? French farmers look to human waste to fertilize crops (Jacaranda FM)
August 31, 2022
Jacaranda FM published an article stating the reality is that climate change is causing problems worldwide, so clever thinking such as urine to feed the world is going to be needed if we are to ensure food security. According to IFPRI: ‘Food security, as defined by the United Nations’ Committee on World Food Security, means […]
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FG inaugurates six-year policy to promote innovation, investment in agric sector (The Cable)
August 27, 2022
The Cable (Nigeria) published an article announcing the six-year national agricultural technology and innovation policy (NATIP) from 2022 to 2027 to enhance agribusiness in the country. The policy also aims to increase resilience and digital agriculture, thereby, promoting agricultural investments. Bedru Balana, country program leader, IFPRI, said women and youth should be mainstreamed across the […]
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FG Launches national agricultural technology, innovation policy (Nigerian Tribune)
August 27, 2022
Nigerian Tribune published an article stating that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with support from the USAID Nigeria Agriculture Policy Activity implemented by IFPRI and Michigan State University (MSU) have launched the new national agriculture policy, National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy (NATIP) 2022 – 2027. NATIP is a policy envisioned by […]
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Dried-out farms from China to Iowa will pressure food prices (Bloomberg)
August 27, 2022
Bloomberg published an article on how the world is desperate to replenish grain reserves diminished by trade disruptions in the Black Sea and unfavorable weather in some of the largest growing regions. Droughts throughout the world are having a major impact on food prices globally. A US crop tour revealed the damage done by severe […]