agriculture

Ethiopia and South Korea strengthen agricultural and trade relations

Published on: October 20, 2023
12:52

Addis Ababa, Oct 20 (Prensa Latina) Helping the development and maintenance of agricultural machinery and modernizing its processing sector are some objectives established in a memorandum of understanding signed between Ethiopia and South Korea.

Agricultural project benefits women in eastern province of Cuba

Published on: October 7, 2023
00:30

Guantanamo, Cuba, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) An agro-ecological urban project based on women's economic empowerment is contributing to local human development, environmental sustainability and the quality of life in this eastern Cuban province.

Access to financing, a priority issue at Caribbean agricultural forum

Published on: October 4, 2023
13:34

Kingston, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) The shortage of affordable financing for producers is a priority issue to be discussed during the Caribbean Agriculture Week to be held in the coming days, an authoritative source said today.

Israeli police demolish Bedouin village 221 times

Published on: September 11, 2023
11:33

Ramallah, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) The Israeli Police on Monday demolished the Bedouin village of Al Araqib, in the southern Negev desert, for the 221st time since 2010 and tenth time this year.

Cuba: Tobacco campaign starts in Sancti Spiritus province

Published on: September 10, 2023
11:05

Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Tobacco growers in this central province, the country's second largest tobacco producer, are determined to achieve a better harvest in the 2023-2024 campaign, Isidoro Hernandez, who is the agricultural director of the Tobacco Collection and Processing Company said on Sunday.

Guatemalan producers predict losses due to El Niño phenomenon

Published on: September 8, 2023
09:21

Guatemala, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Some 96 percent of producers affiliated with the Chamber of Agriculture of Guatemala have predicted losses in crops and harvests due to the impact of the El Niño climate phenomenon.

Cuban university focuses on food production

Published on: September 7, 2023
16:28

Camagüey, Cuba Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Science continues to be the path for food production in Cuba nowadays, and the University of Camagüey is presently working on it.

MINAG, MES to launch new platform to boost agricultural-food systems

Published on: August 30, 2023
17:07

Havana, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Agriculture (MINAG) and Higher Education (MES) Ministries as well as the FAO Office in Cuba are presently creating a new platform to boost science and innovation in agricultural and food systems, authorities announced on Wednesday.

Cuban province agriculture prepared for Idalia’s rains

Published on: August 29, 2023
12:21

Matanzas, Cuba, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) Although so far the rains associated to Hurricane Idalia as it moves close to the west of Cuba are scarce in the province of Matanzas, agriculture in the territory is ready to receive them.

Lersha, ATI to reach MoU for digitizing Ethiopian agriculture

Published on: August 28, 2023
17:27

Addis Ababa, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Digitization of agricultural services for smallholder farmers was set out in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Mandrefo Nigussie, executive director of the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI), and Abraham Endrias, founder and CEO of Lersha, a leading private digital agricultural platform pioneer in the country.

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