Hoogendoorn Growth Management’s Harvest Forecast module is set to enable the international snack vegetable grower Greenco to calculate a harvest forecast one week in advance for the coming four weeks
Agriculture
Reducing food waste is most important to tackle climate crisis: GODAN executive director
Andre Laperrière, executive director of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), has highlighted the importance of reducing food waste
FAO: Urgent need to fight Desert Locust upsurge in Horn of Africa
As the Desert Locust upsurge in the Horn of Africa threatened to provoke a humanitarian crisis, FAO director-general QU Dongyu appealed for urgent funding to tackle the outbreak and protect livelihoods and food security
World Food Programme and Sudan hold second forum to curb post-harvest losses
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan hosted a three-day event on post-harvest losses, to explore ways of reducing food losses through approaches such as hermetic storage bags that were showcased at the event
Africa’s food and agriculture will rise to US$1tn by 2030, says AfDB president
African Development Bank (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina reminded students of the important role they have to play in the continent’s economic development, as he was conferred with an honorary doctorate in his homeland