In-ovo sexing
4 May 2020Across the world, wherever eggs are produced on an industrial scale, only the females are used. Males are destroyed, by gassing or grinding, at birth. France and Germany have just.
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Africa
Food production systems in West African towns and cities
27 April 2020There is no better place to get a sense of the bustling life of West African towns and cities than their major food markets. Nobody who has shopped in one.
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Blockchain in agri-food – somewhere between hope and doubt
13 April 2020Will blockchain be a breakthrough technology for the future or simply a source of false hopes? Revealed to the general public through cryptocurrencies, it is now subject to a wide.
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Coronavirus epidemic disrupting agricultural markets
6 April 2020The global spread of the coronavirus epidemic is significantly disrupting the functioning of agricultural markets. Operators fear a decrease in trade, while their most pressing problem is logistics. During the.
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Producing automotive parts from miscanthus
23 March 2020Hundreds of hectares of miscanthus – a perennial herbaceous grass native to Africa and South Asia – could be used to manufacture parts for the automotive industry. The “Biomass for.
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Demeter 2020: Different perspectives on agriculture
9 March 2020The 2020 edition of Le Déméter, a yearly survey of agriculture, food products and development in France, Europe and throughout the world, has just been published. This 400-page publication brings.
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Investing in women: African experiences
2 March 2020Following on from the Willagri report “Empowering women in rural Africa”, here is the story of two women-focused development projects in Cameroon and Burkina Faso. Might women – who are.
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From agricultural performance on three levels to accounting which takes three dimensions into account
24 February 2020This article aims to show that, in the face of runaway deregulation and the pursuit of economic performance with little regard for nature or people, we must deploy resilient agricultural.
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Towards ecologically intensive agriculture in Africa
17 February 2020According to UNDP figures, 31 out of 36 countries with a low HDI (Human Development Index) are in sub-Saharan Africa. The region is home to more than half the world’s.
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The farming industry’s agroecological transition will rely on biotechnology
3 February 2020Decoding the genomes of around ten cultivated plant species is a varietal selection method. It will expedite the development of new varieties which are crucial for a successful agroecological transition.
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