agriculture
Four African countries account for 70% of the world’s chocolate — Future Leaders Academy of Africa
Four African countries at the origin of 70% of the chocolate in the world: The main component of chocolate is the cocoa bean, which is produced by some African countries. In fact, they represent about two thirds of the world’s supply. The word cocoa, which comes from the Amerindian word “cacahuatl”, is a symbol of…
Four African countries account for 70% of the world’s chocolate — Future Leaders Academy of Africa
African regulators say the continent has the appropriate legal regime to oversee the safe use of GMOs — Genetic Literacy Project
Global Crop projections break records again
Wheat [image credit: Phys.org]
Habitual climate miserablists should take a look around at the real world now and again. This year’s poor UK wheat harvest, reported by the BBC with a ‘climate change’ tag, looks like the exception not the rule.
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The International Grains Council (IGC) is reporting that global corn, wheat, and rice production is on pace to set new records this year, destroying an incessant parade of media claims that global warming is devastating crop production.
Here at Climate Realism, we have documented and debunked many of the ridiculous media claims that climate change is decimating crop production, some in the last month.
Global crop production, as well as crop production in most of the world’s nations, sets new records virtually every year as our planet modestly warms.
Now, the IGC reports – unsurprisingly – that the same is happening in 2020.
The online agriculture news service, World-Grain.com published a story, “IGC projects record output for corn, wheat and soybeans,” highlighting the findings of the International Grains Council (IGC), that it expects the harvest of key cereal crops, corn, rice, soybeans, and wheat, which are the core staple crops for many peoples around the world, to set records in 2020.
Full article here.
Regulators in Kenya certify safety of GMO disease-resistant cassava — Genetic Literacy Project
Ethiopia races against time to control locusts as the planting season starts — Database of Press Releases related to Africa – APO-Source
The Government of [Ethiopia](http://www.fao.org/emergencies/countries/detail/en/c/151593/) is racing against time to control [Desert Locusts](http://www.fao.org/emergencies/crisis/desertlocust/en/) as the February – May Belg season starts. With support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ministry of Agriculture is scaling up aerial and ground operations in… Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/ethiopia-races-against-time-to-control-locusts-as-the-planting-season-starts?lang=en
Kenya demonstration plots show GMO maize resists insects, increases yields — Genetic Literacy Project
Focus on achieving wider impacts and building resilience for larger populations, Africa RISING urged — Africa RISING
The Africa RISING program should keep working towards achieving wider impacts and building resilience for larger populations, USAID Bureau for Food Security program leader for sustainable intensification, Jerry Glover, has said.
Adopting good agricultural practises was the game changer I needed! — Africa RISING (Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation)
Embracing good agricultural practices in lessons from the project has turned around the fortunes of Method Magoda, a 39-year-old farmer from Utengule Village in Kilolo District, Tanzania.
via Adopting good agricultural practises was the game changer I needed! — Africa RISING