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North Africa, the world’s largest importer of wheat in 2020/2021

By 2020/2021, North Africa could be the world’s largest importer of wheat. This situation, unprecedented in the last three years, is linked in particular to the drop in production in.

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Fear of coronavirus benefits robotic agriculture

The company Plenty Inc. specializing in fully robotized vertical indoor agriculture had a difficult start. The coronavirus crisis saved it. The fear of contamination by vegetables grown by humans made.

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West Africa won’t run out of fertilizers

Members of the West African Fertilizer Association (Wafa) built up stocks in anticipation of supply chain disruptions due to Covid-19, and faster than in previous years. By mid-May, Burkina Faso,.

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Big weather data boosts agricultural productivity

Climate change, aggravated by the disruption of supply chains and export restrictions, is driving up food prices and increasing the risk of food insecurity in 2020. Many import-dependent countries are.

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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-lived, while others can last centuries before they.

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Worrying increase in cotton stocks

According to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), world cotton stocks in 2019/2020 could reach a level not seen in five years. This is the result of a decline in.

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GEF Funds Agricultural Resilience Projects in Africa

The Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has just allocated $176 million in funding for initiatives to adapt agriculture to climate change. In total, this funding will benefit 24.

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Coronavirus could kill the meat industry

By crowding animals in confined and unsanitary conditions for slaughter – mixing blood, viscera and excrement – slaughterhouses create an environment that is conducive to the multiplication of pathogens. Slaughterhouses.

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FAO food index down 3.4% in April

According to the FAO, food products, which have been in decline for the past three months, fell by a further 3.4% in April. The decline is 10% compared to January..

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The rubber victim of the Coronavirus

Natural rubber is one of the major victims of the Covid-19 pandemic because of the fall in world automobile production, which is its main user for the manufacture of tyres..

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