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Oikocredit, Dutch-based global cooperative offers $5million loan to support Kenya’s smallholder farmers and micro enterprises
Impact investor Oikocredit, Dutch-based global cooperative has approved a five-year loan of US$ 5 million (KES 750 million) to Juhudi Kilimo, a non-deposit-taking microfinance institution (MFI) in Kenya
WSAVA responds to the decision to ban the dog meat industry in South Korea
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) welcomes the decision by South Korea to ban the dog meat trade. Currently up to one million dogs a year are factory farmed and killed for human consumption in the country.
Iowa eyes tougher enforcement of land ownership rules
The new legislation would require foreign entities to provide additional information on annual reports to state officials, including a list of all their landholdings in the United States.
Brazil's pesticides market faces headwinds after feeble 2023
Though companies are still finalizing estimates for agro-chemical sales in Brazil for 2023, Eduardo Leao, head of CropLife, cited potentially dismal results after a tough season that followed two strong ones.
As inflation falls, ‘backwards pressure’ on food prices, analyst says
“Consumers are going to be very happy” with low inflation in the food sector, said Michael Swanson, chief ag economist at Wells Fargo’s Agri-Food Institute.
Scaling up urban agriculture: Research team outlines roadmap
Urban agriculture has the potential to decentralize food supplies, provide environmental benefits like wildlife habitat, and mitigate environmental footprints
GEA helps Nestlé cut steam consumption by 75% at its new infant formula plant
At Nestlé’s plant in Nunspeet, the Netherlands, GEA is to equip a milk powder line for hypoallergenic infant formula with the latest process and heat pump technology.
UN releases $3.5 million CERF contribution to support life-saving food assistance in Burundi
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has released a US$3.5 million contribution from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)
German farmers blockade Berlin with tractors in subsidy row
Farmers in Germany are blockading roads in protest against subsidy cuts, with more than 500 tractors and trucks parked up by Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.
Tasmania’s industrial hemp variety trial results on show at Epping Forest: AgriFutures Australia
Tasmanian farmers have the opportunity to take a close-up look at the results of a three-year industrial hemp variety trial at a field day to be held in the Northern Midlands on Friday February 16.