Forty members of the Pan-African Parliamentary (PAP) alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (PAPA-FSN) are meeting for an intensive two-day capacity building workshop from 1-2 March at the Pan-African Parliament in Midrand
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Ghana set to increase rice production
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Ghana has initiated a programme to assess the logistical needs of selected districts in the Ashanti, Bono and Ahafo regions to improve rice production
UNIDO’s project to pilot cotton sustainability drive in Egypt
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), under the framework of the Egyptian Cotton Project, has launched Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) pilot project in Egypt
Open Data can deal with global food security challenges: GODAN
Kenya is showing increasing recognition of Open Data in the agricultural sector, which is crucial to solving global food security issues on a global scale, said Andre Laperrière, CEO of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN)
‘Forests management crucial for sustainable tropical timber industry’
The International Tropical Timber Technical Association (ATIBT) has discussed forest management strategies for promoting a sustainable tropical timber industry