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Report: Around $258 Million Seed Emergency Food Aid: UN-Backed Report
The number of people who need urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance rose for the fourth consecutive year in 2022.
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- Agriculture
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- Global
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PepsiCo to Convert Waste into Fertiliser and Electricity in South Africa
A food waste-to-energy plant is being built at Simba Chips, PepsiCo's Johannesburg site in South Africa.
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- Agriculture, Energy, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: How Do Oil Palm Companies Get Away With Disregarding Indonesian Law?
University of Toronto anthropologist Tania Li argues that companies can act with impunity because of corporate-state collusion and a lack of organised resistance.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- South Asia
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AgDevCo’s $8 Million Avocado Investment in Kenya to Create 2,000 Local Jobs
Agris’ fast-expanding herb producer, Evergreen Herbs, will grow herbs and vegetables and sell through Evergreen Fresh, Agris’ distribution company.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: ECOWAS Signs 15 Grant Agreements Worth €1.3 Million to Promote Training and Capacity Building on Agroecology in Members States
The general objective is to build an environmentally friendly system that will sustain and increase agricultural productivity and create resilience in West Africa.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Heat Last Year, Untimely Rains This Year: India’s Wheat Crop Takes a Hit Again
Devinder Sharma believes the existing crop insurance scheme has been designed to benefit the private insurance companies rather than the farmers.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- agtech, climate change, data, impact measurement, insurance, scale
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How Timberland, Vans, VF Corporations Are Making Sure Their Cotton Isn’t ‘Greenwashed’
VF Corp., which owns Timberland, Vans and The North Face, bought the first-ever verified regenerative cotton crop in Haiti earlier this year with the help of the Smallholder Farmers Alliance.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ecobodaa and 4 Other Start-Ups Get $1.1 Million for Their Green Solutions in Africa
The funds were secured through a grant from the Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities (PREO).
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- agtech, renewable energy, startups
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