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Capacity building project for potato growers launched in four districts of Punjab
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands hosted the launch of a capacity building project for smallholders potato growers in Punjab.
Supported by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), the two and a half years project is meant to help increase productivity and sustainability of 960 smallholder potato growers in four core districts of Punjab (Sahiwal, Okara, Kasur and Pakpattan) with special focus on strengthening the role of women. The project will be implemented by the Center for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) and leading Dutch agricultural institute - Wageningen University.
28 Dec 2020
INVASIVE: The view from underneath a canopy of tall invasive Japanese knotweed plants
A PROJECT to rid the Tees and its tributaries of two non-native invasive plant species has received a £179,000 boost.
The Tees Rivers Trust Long-term Biological Control of Invasive Non Native Species project was one of the first environmental projects awarded a grant from the government’s £80 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund.
The project aims to rid the Tees catchment area of Himalayan balsam and Japanese knotweed using government approved biological control agents produced by the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI).
The cash will be used to hire a new project officer and create ten Himalayan balsam and five Japanese Knotweed biological control sites in various locations throughout the Tees catchment that will be managed and monitored for the long-term establishment of self-sustaining biological control agents.
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The Chamber of Agribusiness has suggested the creation of ‘Ghana Agriculture Emergency and Disaster Fund’ by government to support farmers and processors so they can undertake sustainable production and supply to ensure food security.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG), Mr Anthony Morrison, said such a fund would help the nation store enough food to augment any shortages in case of a disaster.
Giving an overview of the performance of the sector in 2020, during an interview on December 19, 2020, he said such a fund, would a long way to mitigate some of the financing challenges .
He noted that the sector was susceptible to natural and artificial disasters, and that COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on agricultural productivity.