The United Nations Industrial Development Organization is working with the Philippine Department of Agriculture and Department of Trade and Industry to implement the Philippine-Traceability (P-Trace) System, which would aid in helping the country’s agriculture be more competitive on the global market. The project requires about $5 million for initial implementation, is modeled after the Egyptian-Traceability […]
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RSS feed for this sectionCereals Board Launches New Drive to Boost Maize Harvest
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The Kenyan Cereals Board launches a new drive to boost maize harvest by providing farmers with much-needed fertilizer and training on how to improve yields. This process should take about three months and 2.4 million bags of fertilizer, which are expected to save farmers’ losses by up to 30 percent. http://www.nation.co.ke/News/regional/Cereals+board+launches+new+drive+to+boost+maize+harvest+/-/1070/1239910/-/2yu921z/-/
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Ghanaian United Front Party Focuses on Agriculture and Value Addition to Primary Products
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New political party having a focus on private sector development in the economy, business, and entrepreneurship for youth. Agriculture a focus, as well as primary product value-addition. http://www.dailyguideghana.com/?p=23241
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NEPC, Fabricators Boost Agric Outputs
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The Director General of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) partnered with fabricators to help add value in local food processing. Adelugba also stated that “There is no way we can add value without the necessary machines and equipment because value addition cannot be isolated from technology”. He pointed out that improving on agricultural products’ […]
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Agric Ministry, CBN Partner on Marketing Infrastructure
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The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is partnering with the Central Bank of Nigeria in order to strengthen marketing institutions and infrastructure for rural communities. The absence of ready markets for agricultural produce is a large factor in postharvest losses, and current rural and market infrastructure is inhibiting farmers from reaping the […]
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Farmers’ Show Not Up to Today’s Challenges
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Ugandans urge their government to allow for GMO-friendly policies and also for the need of new technologies and practices to be exhibited to the public at the annual agricultural show. http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1207946/-/1mtn92z/-/
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Packaging: Key to More Food and Economic Development
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This magazine article illustrates the need to focus on packaging and postharvest technologies as joint efforts in the fight against food losses. http://www.makingitmagazine.net/?p=3685
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Why Food Price Volatility Doesn’t Matter
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Food Price Volatility Directly affects farmers as investments in seed, technology, etc. are made before post-harvest price is known. Recent food hikes have pushed 44+ million into poverty (over half of developing countries’ income is spent on food). http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67981/christopher-b-barrett-and-marc-f-bellemare/why-food-price-volatility-doesnt-matter
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African Union Signs MOU with UN FAO
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the African Union Commission (AUC) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was signed on July 5 at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. The MoU defines the areas of cooperation between the two bodies in support of regional capacity building to reduce post harvest losses. […]
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Innovation of the Week: Empowering Impoverished Communities with Compatible Technologies
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Compatible Technology International (CIT) focuses on developing small-scale technology for rural farmers to process crops and produce efficiently. The McKnight Organization (with SUA and ICRASAT) has given them a grant of $673,000 for a 4-year R&D project focusing on Malawi and Tanzania, focusing on adding value and reducing postharvest loss. http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/empowering-impoverished-communities-with-compatible-technologies-post-harvest-loss-food-waste-storage-corn-hunger/
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