The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the African Union (AU) and their partner have agreed to support the food and agriculture system to operate during periods of lockdown, emergency, curfew and other containment measures
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Nutreco announces finalists for Feed&Food Tech Challenge
Nutreco has announced 15 finalists for the Nutreco Feed&Food Tech Challenge (NFTC)
Agritask and Royal Exchange set to digitise Nigeria’s agri-insurance
Agritask, global developer of a holistic agronomic operations platform, in collaboration with Royal Exchange, Nigerias premier insurance group, has launched a joint initiative digitising crop and livestock insurance with a social KPI to underwrite one million small holder farmers by 2025
FAO continues to fight Desert Locust upsurge amid COVID-19 constraints
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is continuing its efforts to contain the Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa despite restrictions on the movement of personnel and equipment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic
Research: Rothamsted scientists make gene breakthrough in fight against weeds
A team of scientists from Rothamsted Research have successfully adapted genetic techniques developed for crop improvement to be used in weeds – allowing them, for the first time, to directly study the genetics responsible for herbicide resistance
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