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Dairy sector boasts 100 years of successful herd data collection
The U.S. dairy industry operates a comprehensive data collection program that records herd production information from farmers nationwide.
Vietnamese poultry sellers face tough competition from imports
The local consumption of chicken in Vietnam has seen an increase in recent years, but the signing of free trade agreements and ongoing smuggling of poultry had led to fierce competition in the local market.
Kenya devices strategies to revive cotton farming in key growing areas
The government of Kenya has come up with various strategies towards reviving cotton production among smalholder farmers in key production areas where the crop was grown before the collapse of the sector in 1980s.
Two vaccines show promising results against avian influenza
The vaccines have been tested under controlled conditions at Wageningen Bioveterinary Research in Lelystad. The next step will now be to investigate whether the vaccines are just as effective under commercial conditions.
Zim farmer turns small rural land into viable enterprises
A Zimbabwean farmer, Nkosibona Satenga-Dube, has turned his rural homestead in Insiza District, Matabeleland South province into a viable and highly intensive farming project.
India should keep lid on wheat exports to replenish local stocks - flour millers
Workers fill sacks with wheat at the market yard of the Agriculture Product Marketing Committee (APMC) on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2022.
South African gene technology: we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg
Advances in genetic sequencing are uncovering a treasure trove of information that will have far reaching consequences for stable, continued food production.
Over 200,000 Rwanda smallholders to benefit from $30m market access project
Some Rwanda Youth in Agriculture Forum members in their watermelon farm. The farmers willbe among the beneficiary of a project lauched to boost market access for their agricultural produce.
First certified low-carbon eggs launched in Thailand
Charoen Pokphand Foods has launched 23 categories of fresh egg products that have been certified with a ‘Global Warming Reduction Label’ – the first eggs to receive such a label in Thailand.
Sri Lanka coconut exporters see silver line after US rights body criticizes Thailand’s monkey labour
Sri Lanka’s coconut milk exporters see a rare opportunity in expanding their sales in foreign markets after an American animal rights group has urged coconut buyers to stop importing coconut milk from Thailand due to monkey labour practice.