Bamboo’s success in Africa
FAO has recently joined forces with the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR) to boost the cultivation and use of bamboo in Africa. More than a h... Lire la suite...
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Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos bet on “plant meat
Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have both decided to invest in the company Nature's Fynd, which is likely to go public soon. With Al Gore, they are among the main fin... Lire la suite...
Cows can learn to be clean
Lindsay Matthews, a researcher at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, has conducted experimental work on cattle farms.
Based on the observation that c... Lire la suite...
Farmers, the new influencers
Some farmers have decided to invest in social networks to share the daily life of a farm, to praise the new sustainable agriculture and to reassure consumers ab... Lire la suite...
Laboratory fish
Sustainable development issues often deal with terrestrial issues related to our direct environment such as soil, air or water resources, but there is also anot... Lire la suite...
The Diaspora must bet on Africa
Chinese, Russians and Americans are gaining a foothold in Africa. They understood that this continent still has untapped potential. Africa has already welcomed ... Lire la suite...
Congolese peasant women ambassadors of organic agriculture
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), poverty is on the rise. Women play a pillar role in social organization, between household, family and agricultural t... Lire la suite...
International agricultural trade
Responding to the needs of both buyers and sellers, international trade in agricultural products is age-old. Some distribution networks and routes are short-liv... Lire la suite...
Coronavirus epidemic disrupting agricultural markets
The global spread of the coronavirus epidemic is significantly disrupting the functioning of agricultural markets. Operators fear a decrease in trade, while the... Lire la suite...
Major agricultural production areas hold sway in the markets
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Despite appearances, the agriculture and mining industries have several things in common, not least the race to scale up and up. This is o... Lire la suite...
France, the Netherlands and New Zealand, undisputed leaders of the global dairy economy
According to Agrex Consulting, which every year conducts an analysis of the competitivity of the dairy cattle industry on an international scale on behalf of Fr... Lire la suite...