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[agricjournalist]

Fellowship: 2025 Boehlje Agribusiness Management Fellowship

The AAEA Trust Committee is accepting applications for the 2025 Boehlje Agribusiness Management Fellowship. The fellowship aims to provide financial support for graduate students with an interest in agribusiness management to continue their education through the PhD. in preparation for an academic career in these areas. Find details and apply here Deadline 14 October…

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South Korea Trains Bayelsa Agric Officers, Donates Tractors

The Republic of South Korea has completed the training of 10 officials and directors from the Bayelsa State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The intensive capacity building on sustainable agricultural development programme, which was fully funded by the Korean government under the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), involved the training of the Chief Agricultural…

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Kwara Varsity Agric Graduates Get Million Naira BATF Grants To Start Agribusiness

The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) has awarded N6 million to four outstanding graduates from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, as part of its Graduate Agripreneur Programme. The Graduate Agripreneur Programme initiative aims to empower young agripreneurs with grants, skills development, and mentorship, driving innovation and sustainability in Nigeria’s…

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Agric Minister Bryan Acheampong storms market to prove to Ghanaians that Akufo-Addo has reduced prices of tomatoes from Ghs 3,500 to GHs400 per box

In a welcome relief to Ghanaians, the prices of tomatoes have drastically dropped to as low as GHS400-500 per box, thanks to the intervention of Akufo-Addo through the Ministry kf Agriculture. Just weeks ago, the market was plagued by skyrocketing prices, with a box of tomatoes selling as high as GHS3,500. The sudden surge in prices sparked widespread complaints from consumers, who struggled to…

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Agric Specimen For Waec 2024 Answers

Agric Specimen For Waec 2024 Answers AGRIC SPECIMEN FOR WAEC 2024 ANSWERS Are you writing the upcoming waec agric practical paper and looking for where to get agric specimen for waec 2024 answers to get prepared for your exam. Congratulations for being here on Zamgist as we have share with you full lights on agric specimen for waec 2024 and answers. INTRODUCTION Students studying agricultural…

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Waec GCE Agric Science Expo (Objective & Essay) 2023

Are you a candidate searching online on how to Get 2023 WAEC GCE Agric Science Expo or Questions and Answers, here is the surest portal to get it. Majority of the candidates are scammed on a daily basis regarding November/December External Gce Waec Questions and Answers, Mr Legit is the first name to trust following the early release and response of all exams. From next year, Waec will…

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The adaptation of new technology in agriculture 2023 is a testament to his wisdom that inspires us to adopt the remarkable changes coming

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The Global Digital Agriculture Market size is expected to grow from USD 18 billion in 2022 to USD 41.48 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 11% during the forecast period (2023-2030).

Global Digital Agriculture Market size expected to reach USD 41.48 billion with CAGR 11% by 2030

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FLOODING: LAGOS PLACES RESIDENTS OF IKOYI, LEKKI, V/I,  KETU, AGRIC KARA ISHERI OTHERS ON RED ALERT

FLOODING: LAGOS PLACES RESIDENTS OF IKOYI, LEKKI, V/I,  KETU, AGRIC KARA ISHERI OTHERS ON RED ALERT

NEWSMEDIANG.COM Flood FLOODING: LAGOS PLACES RESIDENTS OF IKOYI, LEKKI, V/I,  KETU, AGRIC KARA ISHERI OTHERS ON RED ALERT Lagos State Government on Monday issued a fresh Update to all waterfront residents of highbrow Ikoyi, Lekki and Victoria Island and coastal areas of Epe and Badagry to be wary of back flow due to the high tide in the Lagos lagoon. In a statement signed by the State…

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Do We Want Foreign Corporations to Rule Our Food? #farm #election #agric...

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Ideas & Innovation: The Cashew Research Grant

The Cashew Research Grant is accepting applications from research institutions in a member state of the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States that are involved in any research activity within the cashew sector and have an innovative research idea that makes the cashew value chain more productive, sustainable, and climate-friendly. Selected applicants will receive a research grant…

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A Dead Horse, You Can't Beat It: Equine Carcass Disposal Laws and Practices

“It is a fact of life that every living thing will eventually die, and when the time comes, these bodies must be disposed of responsibly.”

Dahlstrom, R. F., Irwin, K. O. N., & Plant, E. J. (2011). A Dead Horse, You Can’t Beat It: Equine Carcass Disposal Laws and Practices. Ky. J. Equine Agric. & Nat. Resources L., 4, 55.

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Food security: Ondo urges agricultural loan defaulters to pay

Food security: Ondo urges agricultural loan defaulters to pay

The Ondo state government has called on all agricultural loan defaulters across the 18 local government areas to pay all their outstanding debts to give room for other farmers to benefit in the exercise. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Forestry, Olayato Aribo, who made the call in Akure at the 2022 World Food Day Ceremony tagged: “Be a food hero and leave no one behind,” said if all…

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On August 27, African faith, farming, and environmental leaders came together to launch an unusual statement. Their open letter was addressed to “the Gates Foundation and other funders of industrial agriculture.” It charged these funders with promoting a type of corporate, industrial agriculture that does not respect African ecosystems or agricultural traditions.

The letter was organized by the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI), and has over 150 signatories. Its release was timed to influence the Africa Food Systems Forum in Kigali, which starts today. Partners of this conference include the Rwandan government, AGRA, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other philanthropies, agribusiness companies, and aid organizations.

The open letter takes particular aim at two linked organizations. The Gates Foundation is primarily known for its public health investments, but has also made major inroads into agriculture. In Africa much of this work extends through the Nairobi-based AGRA (previously known as the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa). The Gates Foundation is a cofounder and the largest donor to AGRA. Other large donors include the UK and US governments.

Under a basket of policies dubbed the “green revolution,” AGRA, the Gates Foundation, and likeminded institutions have sought to substantially increase the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and commercial seeds in Africa. This has centered on developing new seeds and a network of sellers. The aim has been to dramatically increase agricultural output, in order to reduce hunger and elevate farmer incomes.

But by AGRA’s own admission, it failed in its goal to double crop yields and incomes for 30 million farmers by 2020. In fact, some critics argue, AGRA has made things worse.

According to an external assessment by Timothy A. Wise of Tufts University, severe hunger in AGRA countries increased by 30% between AGRA’s founding and 2018. Crop yield increases have been modest, and where they exist, they haven’t always been enough to cover the higher cost of farming with commercial seeds and agricultural inputs. Dependence on fertilizer has increased the debt and financial precarity of the small farmers who make up the majority of farmers in Africa. In some cases the limited yield increases have also been temporary, as soil fertility has diminished due to monoculture farming and fertilizer use. For instance, Ethiopian farmers “will say that the soil is corrupted, meaning it cannot produce food” without synthetic fertilizer, reports Million Belay of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA).

There have been knock-on effects, Belay says. For instance, Zambian farmers who have become indebted, due to synthetic fertilizer purchases, have had less money for food and their children’s education.

In other words, many farmers’ families are poorer and hungrier than before, while the land itself is less productive.

While AGRA hasn’t managed to double farmer income and yields, it has succeeded in shifting government policies for the worse, according to Belay. These include the dilution of regional biosafety regulations and fertilizer regulations, Belay says. In Kenya, farmers can now face prison time for saving or sharing seeds.

A new AFSA briefing note states that AGRA is seeking to place consultants within government offices and “directly crafting policies at the continental, national, and local levels.” This includes a new 10-year policy for agricultural investment in Zambia.

All, in all, it’s a highly commercialized, elite, and often rich-world vision of African agriculture. Tim Schwab writes in The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire, “Rarely, however, do the targets of Gates’s goodwill, the global poor or smallholder farmers, have a seat at the table. In the case of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, or AGRA, the allies include a bevy of corporate partners: Syngenta, Bayer (Monsanto), Corteva Agriscience, John Deere, Nestlé, and even Microsoft.” AGRA has been criticized for aiding its agricultural partners to expand in Africa.