Record floods in Sudan have affected nearly one third of cultivated land and about 3 million people from agricultural households, worsening already acute levels of food insecurity, the FAO said.
Farmers’ leaders sought to step up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to repeal three agricultural reform laws on Monday by starting a 24-hour relay hunger strike.
An estimated 7.9 million Zimbabweans, including 4.1 million children, will be in urgent need of life-saving health services and humanitarian assistance in 2021 due to multiple hazards, including the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic and the economic crisis.
The Desert Locust crisis, which struck the greater Horn of Africa region earlier this year, could re- escalate as recent strong winds carried small mature yellow swarmlets from southern Somalia into eastern and northeastern Kenya, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said.
In cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office. The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) has approved five investment projects worth AED 524 million to establish fish, vegetable, fruit, cattle and poultry farms on a total land and sea area of approximately four million m2.
The minister said the project’s financial preparations has been carried out for 36 months, including a two-year period for the operation of the two areas, comprising 18,000m2 in Diraz and 24,000m2 in Hurat A’ali.
The Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO) signed 13 linkage agreements between farmers, exporters and hypermarket owners as part of one of the "Rural Economic Growth and Employment Project - REGEP" activities.
As part of this transaction, LDC also signed a long-term commercial supply agreement with ADQ for the sale of agri-commodities to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Egypt’s National Council for Artificial Intelligence held its second meeting. The meeting reviewed Egypt’s national strategy for artificial intelligence (AI), which aims to localise the technology and expand its usage to achieve the country’s development goals.
The National Agricultural Development Company (NADEC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pure Harvest Smart Farms Company to build and operate approximately six-hectare high-tech hydroponic climate-controlled greenhouses as a first phase within NADEC City in Haradh.
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Mohamed Abdel Aaty, visited Suez governorate, to inspect the governorate’s water resources and irrigation projects. He particularly visited the salin e lands allocated for cultivating highly saline wheat and other crops by using agricultural wastewater.
Aeroponics is a climate-friendly way of planting in which roots are suspended in the air and grow in a humid environment. No soil is involved. Instead the plants are sprayed with water and nutrient solution. This technique enables farmers to control humidity, temperature, pH and water conductivity inside a greenhouse.
The Saudi Customs imposed 15 percent customs duty on imported vegetables. This follows a decision of the Council of Ministers to make amendments in the customs regulations in a way protecting and encouraging local industries and agricultural products.
Indian lawmakers on Sunday approved a pair of controversial agriculture bills that the government says will boost growth in the farming sector through private investments.
Chief amongst these is the Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Bill which aims to provide for a ‘fair and balanced approach in the use of agricultural land’ in the country.
After months of necessary WFH implementation, business executives as well as workers are assessing its long-term potential and shaping their opinions on it. Will it last, once the public health emergency is over?
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