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23.01.2025

Somali government launches $10 million livestock value chain fund to transform sector

Somali government, in partnership with the World Bank through the HoA DRIVE Project, launched a $10 million Livestock Value Chain Fund (LVCF) on Thursday to transform the countrys livestock sector.

23.01.2025

Jellyfish invade two Scottish salmon farms, killing nearly 200,000 fish

Barbed-wire jellyfish (Apolemia uvaria) have invaded two Scottish fish farms, killing nearly 200,000 salmon.

22.01.2025

Rivers overflow, restrict travel and flood crops in southern Mozambique

The main rivers in the southern part of Mozambique are overflowing, restricting the movement of people and goods and flooding agricultural fields - a situation that could lead to food shortages in the near future.

22.01.2025

Romania to set up its first Black Sea fish farms in 2025

Romania will set up and operate its first fish farms in the Black Sea this year, as announced by environment minister Mircea Fechet, with certain areas already assigned for future farms.

22.01.2025

Pakistan - PM emphasizes fair and transparent selection for agricultural training in China

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for a transparent and merit-driven process to select students for advanced agricultural training in China, emphasizing fairness and equal opportunity.

22.01.2025

Investigation of livestock miscarriages could limit disease spread in Tanzania

A Washington State University study in northern Tanzania has shown simple and affordable surveillance methods for investigating miscarriages, or spontaneous abortions, in livestock could help to limit the spread of diseases that threaten both animal and human health.

22.01.2025

FAO Supports Zimbabwe in Developing National Agricultural and Livestock Census Plan of Action

FAOs efforts are part of a broader initiative to improve Zimbabwes agricultural data systems, addressing critical gaps in structural data and sampling frameworks.

22.01.2025

Kenya - State's plan to vaccinate 22 million cattle, 50 million goats begins next week

Beginning next week, the government will kick off a national livestock vaccination campaign aimed at protecting 22 million cattle and 50 million goats from deadly diseases, including foot and mouth disease (FMD) and peste des petits ruminants (PPR).

21.01.2025

Philippines - Ilocos livestock raisers urged to avail of insurance

The city government of Batac in Ilocos Norte province is encouraging livestock raisers who are under the Registry System for Basic Sector in Agriculture (RSBSA) to avail of the livestock insurance program of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC).

21.01.2025

India extends crop insurance schemes with tech boost

The Indian government has extended two key crop insurance programs - Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) - through the 2025-26 fiscal year.

21.01.2025

Pakistan - Adamjee Ins introduces crop insurance solution for farmers

Pakistans insurance leader, Adamjee Insurance, unveils a groundbreaking crop insurance solution, Adamjee Zarai Tahafuz. This revolutionary project empowers farmers and strengthens the nations agricultural backbone.

21.01.2025

USA - Lawmakers grill state Agriculture Department for not spending $10M biosecurity fund

Lawmakers grilled the state Agriculture Department for its management of a $10 million fund it received last year for biosecurity.

21.01.2025

Agriculture ministry confirms control over desert locusts in Oman

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources said that a recent desert locust survey and control campaign that it conducted in various governorates indicates that the current situation of desert locusts in the Sultanate of Oman is stable and under observation.

21.01.2025

Nordic Aquafarms abandons plans for Belfast fish farm amid legal challenges

The Norwegian aquaculture company proposed the 57-acre fish farm back in 2018 and said theyve spent millions fighting legal cases in the six years since.

20.01.2025

US Department of Energy launches $25 million seaweed project

A $25 million initiative to develop marine energy hydrocarbon and industrial commodity supplies through the deep-water cultivation of seaweed biomass at a million-ton scale has been announced by the US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) this week.

20.01.2025

Mongolia has approved quotas for the import of livestock and breeding products

The government of Mongolia has published a document defining the types and volumes of livestock and breeding products allowed for import into the country this year, according to the Russian Export Center (part of VEB.RF).

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