The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) has developed a range of bio-pesticides to provide effective and environmentally safe alternatives for farmers in Africa to manage the invasive and highly destructive fall army worm
Agriculture
Symrise, Kellogg Company achieve 2020 goal of 100 per cent responsibly sourced vanilla
Kellogg Company and Symrise have partnered in an ambitious three-year project in Madagascar to responsibly source 100 per cent of Kellogg’s vanilla by 2020
Can biopesticides help to protect crops against whiteflies?
Whiteflies are one of the world’s most widespread field, garden, and greenhouse insects
Small-scale farmers in Africa to receive agricultural advice through mobile phones
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced to help 1.7mn small-scale farmers in Kenya and Nigeria with personalised agricultural advice through their mobile phones, to improve their incomes, food security and resilience to economic shocks caused by COVID-19
Government of Sudan, Green Climate Fund, UNDP approve climate-resilient water and food security funding
The project will support around 1.2 million people from subsistence farming and nomadic pastoralist communities across nine states, with an additional 2.5 million people set to benefit indirectly
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