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Thursday 1 February 2024

FRA's biggest news from the week

The State of Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa

In Southern Africa, the agricultural landscape is dotted with smallholder farmers, individuals tilling less than 10 hectares of land, striving to make a living while contributing to subsistence and commercial markets. Resilient smallholder farming communities form the backbone of agriculture in their respective countries, contributing significantly to food security and rural livelihoods. This vital sector is crucial for inclusive growth, but the challenges faced by smallholder farmers demand attention and strategic solutions.

Mageu and cartons are a match made in heaven

Businesses have to work harder than ever to ensure consumers choose their product over a competitor's. This is as a result of today's economic climate. Towards the business end of the year, the food and non-alcoholic beverages (NAB) inflation rate reached a four-month high of 9% in November but declined to 8.5% in December.

USAID, local stakeholders holds avocado consultative meeting, aim at improving Kenyan smallholder livelihoods

Cattle farmers and indeed the country has suffered huge losses to the beef herd due to theileriosis (commonly referred to as January disease).This has brought about the loss of economic security as cattle are a vital wealth source.To combat these losses there has to be strict adherence to dipping.

The crucial role of crop diversification in SA's agricultural future

The agricultural landscape is undergoing a significant transformation as the traditional practice of mono-cropping, where a single crop variety is planted extensively across vast tracts of land, is rapidly fading.

Compassion urges veterinary community to help end cruel export of live animals to non-EU countries

Compassion in World Farming has joined forces with five other animal welfare NGOs to urge European veterinarians to use their influence to help end the export of farmed animals to non-EU countries.

$15M additional funding to tackle food waste around the world

Work tackling the huge environmental cost of food waste has been given a massive boost this year, as international climate action NGO WRAP receives catalytic funding from the Ballmer Group.

Interview with Birgit Horn on VNU Group's Agrifood Portfolio

In 2023, VNU Group introduced the Horti Agri Next (HAN) concept for the first time in Abu Dhabi, UAE. It was the first launch edition of a new event covering products, innovations, advancements and content on the horticulture and agriculture industries. Together with VIV MEA 2023, the two events gave us a "peak" of VNU's plans for the future.

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