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Lesson to be Learn from Monsanto’s Involvement in the Vietnamese War: The Agent Orange
Monsanto is an American multinational
company founded in 1901 by John Francis Queeny, a thirty-year pharmaceutical
veteran married to Olga Mendez Monsanto, for which Monsanto Chemical...
Agribusiness: Africa’s New Investment Frontier
Authors: Mariam Yinusa and Edward Mabaya*
In the past decade, a stroll along the aisles of any
African supermarket is revealing: there is a new wave...
UNIDO to implement EU-funded project to boost Kenya’s agricultural exports
The United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO) will implement the ‘Market Access Upgrade Programme
(MARKUP)’ project, which is funded by the European Union (EU) and anchored
within...
Agricultural Innovation & Technology Hold Key to Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries
Developing countries need to dramatically increase agricultural innovation
and the use of technology by farmers, to eliminate poverty, meet the rising
demand for food, and cope...
Water logging and Salinity: A threat in the face of barrenness
The Annual
cost of crop losses from the problem of water logging and salinity has been
estimated between Rs 15bn and Rs 55bn
Currently,
different areas in the...
Development in South Africa: Bridging the Gap
To live in one of the most unequal yet highly urbanised societies in the world means that there are high levels of inequality, poverty...
Nuclear Technology Helps Develop New Barley Variety in Kuwait
New home-grown barley varieties developed using irradiation with the support of the IAEA and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...
Disruptive technology applications and the Future of Food
While food security is a global issue, its impacts are all too often hidden. Aiming to address global demand for food, we have created...
Rural vitalization through Internet Plus agriculture
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) government recently released a rural vitalization strategy for the 2018-2022 period to promote poverty reduction, rural development, and...
Poverty should be our history, not present
17th October presents an opportunity to not only acknowledge the struggle of our fellow humans suffering from poverty but also gives us a chance...