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Business Day (Nigeria) published an article on how Low level of agricultural mechanisation on farms across the country has continued to limit the capacity of farmers to expand their cultivation areas, perform timely farming operations, and achieve economies of scale in food production.  In Nigeria, a significantly higher proportion of the farming area is still cultivated by hand tools. An […]

Handels Zeitung (Switzerland) published an article on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors concept is enjoying growing among investors today Popularity. Investors have taken a clear position with their capital: they either want to make a difference with ESG investments, or they think that it will also reward them financially. Or even both. In India, for example, the authorities in […]

Money Control published an article on Exposure to tiny particles found in dust and smoke (particulate matter 10 or PM10), regardless of hygienic practices, increases the risk of adverse child health outcomes, said a survey of 184 Indian cities and towns.PM10 are particles ranging between 2.5 and 10 micrometers and common sources include vehicular exhausts, smoke from fires, […]

Successful Farming published an article explaining new subsidies from the Trump administration. The administration is showering U.S. agriculture with the largest farm supports ever, an estimated $37 billion, chiefly through stopgap programs to mitigate the impact of the pandemic.  As a result, farm income in 2020 would be the highest in seven years, not counting an additional $14 billion in […]

Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article on how Prolonged and multiple monsoon floods have disrupted cultivation of Aman paddy, which provides around 36 percent of total rice production in the country. Senior Research Fellow and Country Representative Akhter Ahmed stated, “Aman is our second largest staple crop. It covers around 36 percent of our total rice production. But this year many farmers […]

New York Times published an article  on the findings from the study, Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes in the journal, Jama Pediatrics. Living at high altitudes may be associated with giving birth to smaller babies who grow more slowly through childhood. Researchers studied 964,299 children in 59 low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. Among them, […]

Financial Times reported that farmers in the US are in line for record handouts from Washington this year, sparking accusations that Donald Trump is trying to buy the agricultural vote ahead of the November election. China’s imports of farm goods covered by the trade deal were $7.bn at the end of July. Still Beijing and Washington reached […]

Green Biz published a blogpost about the hunger and climate crises exacerbated by COVID-19. According to IFPRI, climate change could depress global crop yields up to 30 percent by 2050, putting about 50 million more people at risk of undernourishment, Research Institute produced for the Global Commission on Adaptation. The global food system is under threat, and what we […]

ReliefWeb highlighted the latest report for maize in Malawi. Retail maize prices decreased slightly during August 2020; prices in the South were higher than in the Centre and North; ADMARC sales were reported in 11 of the 26 markets monitored; and retail maize prices in Malawi were lower than in most eastern African markets. The Monthly Maize Market Reports are […]

Welternaehrung (Welthungerhilfe [Germany]) published an op-ed by Athur Mabiso and Senior Research Fellow Rui Benfica. The authors write that there are two sides of the coin regarding youth in Africa.  Africa has the youngest and fastest growing population in the world. The average age south of the Sahara is 18.3 years, in Asia it is 30 years. The number of young people […]