Kenya has received a donation of 30,000 bags of rice from China, part of 11,000 tonnes as committed by Beijing in June, to help Kenyan government fight drought in the country
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Lagos to train 15,000 youths in agriculture value chains
Lagos state government has decided to train and empower around 15,000 youths and the unemployed in the next four years in agricultural value chains
AGCO Agriculture Foundation Award goes to South Africa’s Bahle Zondo Foundation
The AGCO Agriculture Foundation (AAF) has announced the Bahle Zondo Foundation in South Africa as the first organisation globally to receive the newly-launched AAF Award
Premier Winde and cabinet laud the start of recovery for agriculture
Premier Winde, minister of agriculture Ivan Meyer and the Western Cape cabinet met with representatives from the agricultural sector to discuss the successes and challenges they face
Shifting to a plant-based diet to significantly help fight climate change: GODAN
Andre Laperrière, executive director of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), has highlighted the impact of Western appetite on global warming and the importance to switching to a plant-based diet to help fight climate change