Region: Europe
“Win-win” agriculture project benefits Georgian farmers and Oklahoma firm
Europe: A pest infestation affecting hazelnuts brings together Georgian farmers and an Oklahoma agriculture firm.
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Lubov Semenyuk
Europe: Lubov Semenyuk: The female CEO opening up new markets for Ukrainian farmers.
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Combatting the AMR Crisis in the African Livestock Sector
Global: Supporter organisation AgriProFocus discusses steps needed to curb the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance in the livestock sector.
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British and African Farmers Face Similar Challenges and Opportunities
Global: Farm Africa CEO Nicolas Mounard looks at the common challenges that farmers face around the world, from Kenya to Britain, amid trade uncertainty.
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Ray Jordan: A New Forum for Agricultural Development
Global: Self Help Africa CEO explains the mission of the brand new Irish Forum for International Agricultural Development, launched in Dublin last week.
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#IamAg! Meet Ivan, an Agronomist from Serbia
Europe: Ivan's family were "weekend farmers" which inspired him to become an agronomist. Find out about his job breeding better crops for the market.
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A New Approach to Building Climate Resilient Supply Chains
Global: Introducing the WINnERS project, a new initiative developing weather-index based risk services based at Imperial College London.
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Agro Covenant on Target in the Netherlands
Europe: LTO Agro Covenant on Target in the Netherlands Netherlands In 2008, the Dutch agro sectors signed a Public-Private Partnership with the government entitled ‘Clean and Efficient Agro Sectors’, or the ‘Agro Covenant’ for short, setting out pledges to make the sectors more sustainable by 2020. It aims to help achieve the national targets to which […]
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The Beef Data and Genomics Programme
Europe: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland The Beef Data and Genomics Programme Ireland The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) is funded by the Irish Exchequer and European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. It was launched in May 2015, and will run for six years, with […]
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Veneless Chimpesa: Why Agricultural Extension Matters
Global: Extension workers are as important as technologies, says Gorta-Self Help Africa agent.
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What Role for Smallholders in Agribusiness Development?
Global: Farming First reports on roundtable discussions exploring the potential roles and opportunities for smallholder farmers in future agribusiness development hosted by the UK Parliament.
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#IYS2015 Twitter Chat Summary – “Healthy Soils for a Healthy Life”
Global: To pave the way to the International Year of Soils in 2015, Farming First hosted a dynamic twitter chat on World Soil Day (5th December) exploring the topic of soil health - and its role in the fight for food security.
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