The strong social mission of most urban farms might not be enough for longterm viability, a study suggests. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.citylab.com See on Scoop.it – Precision Agriculture
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Many youth migrate seasonally, and return home again to help with planting or harvest. When they migrate for wage jobs, they send remittances that help rural families’ food security. The remittances and increased skills brought back to rural areas … Continue reading
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What if you could be guaranteed that participants would come to your workshop having already mastered the basic content knowledge of your topic area? Think about the possibilities! You would be free to challenge them…
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Photo credit: Agro Nigeria Rising to the Challenge! 2015 AWARD Fellowship Winners Set to Impact Smallholders in the Year of Women’s Empowerment by Cynthia EXCERPT http://spectacles.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/African-Women-in-Agricultural-Research-and-Development-AWARD-Call-for-applications-2015-702×272.jpg 70 outstanding African women agricultural scientists from 11 countries have been…
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? ? Agroforestry could give Nigeria’s IDPs a new future Submitted by Kate Langford on February 29, 2016 Internally displaced people (IDP) in northeast Nigeria need to be given alternative livelihoods, such as agroforestry, if they…
A special issue presented by The Digital Thinking Initiative Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.foreignaffairs.com See on Scoop.it – Food Policy, Supply, Security & Safety
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“African Farmers in the Digital Age” is a special edition anthology, published in partnership with Foreign Affairs that brings together the views of twenty leading thinkers on all aspects…
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Date palm tissue culture laboratory – Picture from FAO GM crops have once again come under the spotlight with the recent news that Burkina Faso will no longer be…
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Date palm tissue culture laboratory – Picture from FAO GM crops have once again come under the spotlight with the recent news that Burkina Faso will no longer be…
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Jagger Harvey (left) with Lord David Sainsbury (benefactor of The Sainsbury Laboratory through the Gatsby CharitableFoundation) when receiving the Societal Impact award in Norwich, UK, in 2013 (photo credit: BecA-ILRI Hub/Susan Seal). ‘A scientist with…
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By Alice Marks Using drones for agriculture. Credit: Lima Pix (Flickr) According to experts at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, we are sitting on the edge of the…
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Photo by phanlop88 Digital technology is likely to continue to be a major driver of development and industry in Africa. The capabilities of local entrepreneurs, start-ups and businesses to…
Photo credit : Google The T17 mine run by KML, a subsidiary of Glencore in Kolwezi. Between August, 2010 and February, 2011, more than 10 000 artisan miners were chased away from the sites where the company settled down. … Continue reading
Photo credit: Monique VAN ENDERT – 1997-07-Capacity building (Photo MvE) copy Training of the Women Association in Niou (Burkina Faso) about the use of the soil conditioner TerraCottem in their community garden (Jardin des Femmes). Originally published at: https://desertification.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/poverty-reduction-through-group-approach/ I have … Continue reading
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The Sustainable Development Goals, described as a social contract to transform the world by 2030, were the focus of a panel event at the World Economic Forum in Davos…
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By Alice MarksIn Part 1 of this series Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1-8 were explored to demonstrate that a healthy agriculture sector underpins so much of the international development…
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Group photo of the participants of the writeshop to write up the situational analysis report of the Humidtropics Northwest Vietnam action site situational analysis, 25 January 2014, Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Aziz Karimov).…
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Steve Staal, leader of ILRI’s Policy, Trade and Value Chains program (photo credit: ILRI). Steve Staal, who for the past 15 months has served the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Los Baños, the Philippines,…
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‘Woman Eating’ (‘Mangeuse’), by Jean Dubuffet, 1944, Museum of Modern Art. Did you miss this call for a US national food policy by Mark Bittman, New York Times columnist and lead food writer; Michael Pollan,…
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New York, May 30 2012 6:05PM Sustainable development will not be achieved unless hunger and malnutrition are eradicated, the United Nations food agency warned today in a new report. “We cannot call development sustainable while this…
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Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131217170859.htm Importance of Food as Key Provider of Vitamins and Nutrients Dec. 17, 2013 — While dietary supplements can help some people meet their nutrition needs, eating a wide variety of nutrient-rich foods…
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? Training manual on household based pond aquaculture, homestead gardening and nutrition awareness Currently many farming households face health and economic risks because of problems in malnutrition as a result of lack of knowledge and training,…
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Photo credit: IPS Fish farming has fast turned into a way for many Africans to beat poverty and hunger. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS Fish Farming Now a Big Hit in Africa In many African towns and cities,…
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Photo credit: SciDevNet Copyright: Jan Banning/Panos Why SDGs could transform Africa by Alberto Leny Speed read The World Bank says 75 per cent of the poorest nations are in Sub-Saharan Africa The17 sustainable development goals (SDGs)…
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It is definitely important and beneficial when activities in the research sphere fit in and meet the needs and priorities of its target group. When looked at holistically, it is important that research institutions,…
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Taking a blood sample from a came (photo credit: Eric Fèvre). ‘African camels could hold important clues to controlling the potential spread of a respiratory disease transmitted by the animals. ‘For many years African camels…
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By Alice Marks Skimming the eye across the colourful chart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is easy to spot a couple which are intrinsically and directly linked…
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Photo credit: Africa Rising Growing cowpea creates new business opportunities for small scale outgrowers Quality cowpea seed production offers Zambian women farmers opportunities for quality lives In economies like Zambia, where maize-based farming is predominant, grain legumes…
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On the last day of the year, some insights on the year in agriculture in the US, research on farming and rural communities, and a look at the growing place of agricultural biotechnology in the food…
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Animals in a Nairobi slum (via Africa Slum Journal). ‘The next superbug could emerge from the slums of the developing world, researchers warn. ‘Rapid, unplanned growth in many urban areas has people, livestock and wildlife…
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Photo credit: Africa Rising Mashehe Salum Tanzania farmer harvested 60 bags of maize despite severe drought by JONATHAN ODHONG Mashehe Salum is a small scale maize and legume farmer in Ngipa village, Kiteto District in central Tanzania.…
Many nutrition-sensitive programs are designed to be context specific, and the panel discussed opportunities and challenges for ensuring greater access to these new practices and technologies and ways to continue to increase uptake in developing countries. Sourced through Scoop.it from: … Continue reading
Another day, another media story in which I weigh in on some food policy-relevant story: I was quoted last week in an article in US News & World Report about the potential link between Chipotle… Sourced through Scoop.it from: marcfbellemare.com See on … Continue reading
This blog post highlights how WorldFish and its partners are collaborating to tackle emerging diseases in aquatic animals and developing better management practices to minimize their impact. Sourced through Scoop.it from: livestockfish.cgiar.org See on Scoop.it – Food Policy, Supply, Security … Continue reading
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Hoang Kim Vuong, a young Vietnamese farmer at her SRI farm in Yen Bai province Farming is a lowly job with a poor image and low profile. As young people flock to cities to…
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More than 80 corporations from all over the world have agreed to support a new global assessment tool to ensure their agricultural practices are conducted sustainably, safely and consistently. As members of the Sustainable…
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Agricultural research has been very scattered and isolated; highly specialized but seldom collaborative. There is a need to look at the bigger picture instead of working in isolation in different disciplines. Investments in agriculture…
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At the High Level Policy Dialogue leading up to GCARD3 (The Third Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development), issues ranging from investment strategies to open access data, to climate smart solutions are hot…
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The Global Nutrition Report 2015: Actions and accountability to advance nutrition and sustainable development, has as a key theme the notion of tracking progress on tackling undernutrition as an…
Most of our health systems are set up to respond to problems, whereas agriculture can be part of a prevention approach. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.ifpri.org See on Scoop.it – Food Policy, Supply, Security & Safety
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Infographic on antibiotic resistance and what steps the agriculture sector can take to tackle this global challenge (credit: World Health Organization). The Lancet yesterday (18 Nov 2015) published a new series titled Antimicrobials: sustainable access and effectiveness in…
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By Katrin Glatzel When you think of clean water and hygienic toilets, it’s not usually concerns about nutrition that come to mind first. Well, you might want to reconsider.…
Today (Wednesday 18 November) is European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) and vets are being urged to sign an online pledge to become an “antibiotic guardian”. EAAD is an annual public … Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.vettimes.co.uk See on Scoop.it – … Continue reading
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How many of us are motivated by fear every single day? We’d like to think that we’re lucky enough to live in a society where we don’t feel afraid. In contrast to inhabitants of many war-torn…
Beef Runner Stock image via Montana Stockgrowers Association I am often asked how antibiotics are used in cattle. Every situation is different and every veterinary prescription can change depending on a large number of environmental factors. The following Questions and … Continue reading
Embracing innovation and making decisions based on sound science is the only way we can confront these challenges Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.agri-pulse.com See on Scoop.it – Precision Agriculture
The result was a science-based, open-source and collaborative process to develop measurement and communication resources that help dairy farmers and companies identify opportunities for improvement and track progress across the entire value chain – from grass to glass. Sourced through … Continue reading
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Photo credit: UN News Centre A researcher conducts tests at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, in Seibersdorf, Austria. Photo: IAEA/Dean Calma ? Science stands at heart of sustainable future, UNESCO says on World…
The public sector has a crucial role in generating and making available agriculture-related information to smallholder farmers, argues Ajit Maru, GFAR’s Senior Knowledge Officer, but more research … Sourced through Scoop.it from: gcardblog.wordpress.com See on Scoop.it – Poverty, Hunger & … Continue reading
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has prognosticated a possible economic recession in 2016. This possible worst outcome of the present slump is something I am sure President…
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Did you read my former posting on this blog ? UNICEF CHIEF URGES ACTION TO STOP UNFOLDING CRISIS FOR CHILDREN IN THE SAHEL. Yes? Then you know that UNICEF’s Executive Director Anthony Lake “called today on…
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Photo credit: MSF (Ricardo Garcia Vilanova) Mothers feed their children therapeutic food at MSF’s outpatient therapeutic feeding center in Bokoro, Chad, where MSF teams are responding to a fourth malnutrition crisis in five years. Is the food…
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Image courtesy of [rakratchada torsap] at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Tackling undernutrition is, as the full extent of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies becomes apparent, critical for human wellbeing and development. In the…
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Kenya children drinking milk (photo credit: ILRI/Dave Elsworth). The African continent stands at a crossroads. Stimulated by rapid population, urbanization and per capita income rises, African economies are growing at unprecedented rates. The ‘sustainable intensification’…
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This Friday (30th October) marks the 6th annual Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (ADFNS). This year the day will be commemorated in Kampala, Uganda, where, at the…
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Hargeisa livestock market buying and selling According to ILRI’s Nadhem Mtimet, livestock provides around 60% of gross domestic product (GDP) in Somaliland and the sector employs over 70% of the population. Livestock producers, he says,…
On the 25-27 September 2015 world leaders unanimously adopted the sustainable development goals (SDGs) during the 70th UN General Assembly. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org See on Scoop.it – Food Policy, Supply, Security & Safety
Dr. Bukar Ali USMAN, mni 
