Andre Laperrière, executive director of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), has commented that the EU’s Farm-to-Fork strategy is crucial for a sustainable future
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Central Bank of Zimbabwe issues US$50mn bond for coming agri season
The Central Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ) has issued a US$50mn bond to finance the 2019/2020 agriculture season
Open data most important for new-age farming
Andre Laperrière, executive director of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), said that open data, artificial intelligence, precision farming and other technological tools are optimising the way of farming, reducing the impact on the environment
Spotlight on Ethiopia’s tree-planting programme
Ethiopia has embarked on an ambitious tree-planting programme and planted more than 350 million trees in a day
‘Open data can identify new opportunities to farm more sustainably’
In light of Prof Sir Ian Boyd’s urge for half of the UK farmland to be given to nature, Andre Laperrière, executive director of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), commented that a fine balance is needed to harbour agricultural and environmental growth
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