U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the former two term Iowa Governor, pledged $8.5 million in food aid to the Philippines. Thats enough assistance to help feed for 60 days some 450,000 people in the typhoon raveged country that was hit by back to back disasters and flooding in recent weeks. Philippine government figures […]
Empowering Butikiro, Uganda To Secure Sustainability
SLINT-Uganda’s mission is to empower people to secure sustainable incomes, food security and improved quality of life while at the same time maintaining the diversity and long-term productivity of the supporting natural resource base. It is well understood that the economies of most African countries draw upon land-based activities such as agriculture. Butikiro, one of […]
Emerging economies must reject handouts and bailouts capitalism
By Emeka Chiakwelu www.Afripol.Org Strategist@afripol.org Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, the classic and the enduring book in which the characterization consolidated the fundamental mechanisms of capitalism, cautioned marketers and capitalists to invest where they have comparative advantages. The risk will be minimal and potential for success […]
After a minor thaw, Cuban trade opportunities excite U.S. businesses
Just days after President Barack Obama announced a minor thaw in the longstanding estrangement between the United States and Cuba, Jack Maybank Jr. stood before an audience of entrepreneurs gathered at the College of Charleston in South Carolina and warned them not to misinterpret the opening as a new found bridge to business relations with […]
SKUAST-K develops 17 new crop varieties: VC Calls for total ban on misuse of agriculture land
Maintaining that the agriculture continues to be the backbone of the economy and a main source of livelihood for a big chunk of population in the State, Vice-Chancellor, SKUAST-K, Prof. Anwar Alam said that there was a dire need for continued strengthening of agriculture among the youth. He waned of […]
Three New Technologies Designed To Tackle Malaria
Three emerging technologies have the potential to significantly improve supplies of drugs to combat malaria, a report published last week has said. With renewed efforts to eradicate malaria, a disease which kills up to one million people every year, most of them young children, the global demand for anti-malarial is set to increase dramatically over […]
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