Global experts meeting during a panel session at the second international summit on food production in Dakar called for accelerated avenues to close the financial gap in agriculture and address barriers to the growing finance market for agricultural Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Agriculture
FAO and Somaliland government open desert locust monitoring and pest control centre in Hargeisa
The Vice President of Somaliland, along with Ezana Kassa, head of programme of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), has officially opened the first pest control centre in Hargeisa, Somaliland, which will act as desert locust early warning and control base
Genome boost for nature-friendly pest control
A new database of 19 insect genomes encompassing some of the most damaging crop pests such as wireworm, cabbage stem flea beetle and pollen beetle has been made publicly available
Zimbabwe adopts 'One Health' approach to strengthen AMR surveillance
Zimbabwe recognises that the control of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) requires close cooperation among the sectors involved in food, agriculture, environment and health
EOSDA solutions to address soil degradation
EOS Data Analytics, a global provider of AI-powered satellite imagery analytics, held a free webinar dedicated to soil degradation and the ways it can be tracked, addressed, and prevented with EOSDA solutions