Farming First recently published a YouTube video on postharvest loss, featuring Dr. Digvir Jayas of the University of Manitoba, citing magnitudes in specific countries and outlining possible solutions. This video is part of a series of videos dealing with agricultural issues. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-_P1QYTiBA&feature=youtu.be
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RSS feed for this sectionYuletide: 11 Rice-laden Ships Berth at Lagos Ports
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Rice is being imported through the Lagos Port in Nigeria, as the nation’s ban on international over-land trade continues, due to the large amount of smuggling and corrupt business transactions. Eleven ships of rice arrived with 240,276 metric tonnes of rice, a high number due to the unstable supply by Nigerian farmers, which have been affected […]
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Perth Declaration on Food Security Principles
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The recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Australia created the Perth Declaration on Food Security Principles that focused on delivering technologies, scaling up nutritional interventions, food security programs, enhancing research and development in agricultural issues, and market systems in each of the 54 member countries. http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/78221085/perth-declaration-food-security-principles
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International Biojohor Conference and Exhibition
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The 3rd International Biojohor Conference and Exhibition will be held in June 2012 in Johor, Malaysia, focusing on biotechnology and biodiversity. The deadline for paper abstract submissions is March 1, 2012, and early registration ends March 20. http://www.biojohor.my/2012/index.html
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The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa
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“Half of all malnourished people in Africa are farmers who produce food.” Professor Calestous Juma of Harvard’s Kennedy School and author of The New Harvest, says that farmers are underfed due to infrastructural incapacity and can alleviate their problems through technology application, improvements in supply chains, and rural development of telecoms, transportation, energy, and education. […]
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WFP Provides Capacity Building Training to Farmers
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The World Food Programme’s Purchase for Progress (P4P) initiative has helped train 70 farmers in Northern Ghana on how to be more competitive players in the value chain, especially in terms of maize and cowpea production. The next stage of the program will be to train 520 smallholders on how to use modern farm implements […]
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Pioneering Project to Increase Quality Rice Production in Africa
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The Africa Rice Center launched a project, ‘Support to Rice Research in Africa’ initiative, focusing on 8 countries to improve the quality and marketability of rice. Smallholders, processors, and local households will all be targeted for training in technologies and best practices. If the project achieves 10 percent reduction of PHL, it will help increase […]
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Videos on PHL Grains
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A page extracting videos on PHL – in this case, grains – and filtering them all onto a single page for user ease of access. https://sites.google.com/site/mitrasites/system/app/pages/customSearch?scope=cse-goog_378554454&q=post+harvest+losses+%28grains%29
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Now, Architecture to Ensure Uniform Crop Growth
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Indian research has found that architecture has an effect on crop growth. The Indian Institute of Pulses Research and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research have identified the importance of crops growing uniformly, with even height, and its significance in avoiding disease, as well as importance in efficient harvesting. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/article2476866.ece
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Mitigating Climate Change Through Agriculture
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Deutsche Bahn Research recently produced a paper on “Mitigating climate change through agriculture,” with the reduction of postharvest losses as a possible outcome of efforts. http://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/DBR_INTERNET_EN-PROD/PROD0000000000278568/Mitigating+climate+change+through+agriculture%3A+An+untapped+potential.pdf
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