Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has raised the alarm over planned attacks on schools and rural farm communities in the state. He disclosed this in a statement by his spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed, yesterday, March 12, in Osogbo, the state capital. Adeleke said intelligence reports made available to …
Read More »International Womens Day, 2024 – Inside Women Dominated Seaweed Farms in Kenyas Indian Ocean Waters
Seaweed farming using the off-bottom seaweed farming approach—tying algal fonds or seaweed seeds to ropes attached between wooden pegs driven into the ocean sediment. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (mwazaro beach, kenya) Friday, March 08, 2024 Inter Press Service MWAZARO BEACH, Kenya, Mar 08 (IPS) – As the world celebrates …
Read More »The perfect blend: how coffee farms in Costa Rica are mixing wildlife, agriculture and tourism
At the beginning I thought we were in a Bob Dylan song, one of his epic Latino ballads. We drove down gravel roads where the only other traffic was cowboys on horseback, across iron girder bridges covered in rust and the webs of giant spiders. A caracara falcon stood in …
Read More »How agritourism is giving a helping hand on Greece’s farms
In a large sunlit kitchen on Eumelia farm, an idyllic agritourism and wellness retreat set amid the endless olive groves of Greece’s southern Peloponnese, my classmates and I take turns using a long dowel-like rolling pin to stretch and roll balls of dough that we hope will become filo pastry. …
Read More »How Sir EJ Farms Enterprise is boosting employment in Nigeria
This is a sponsored post… Sir Ej, who is the founder and Executive Chairman of SIR EJ FARMS ENTERPRISE, with the Trading Name SIR EJ FARMS, is boosting employment, through livestock farming in Nigeria. Instagram handle: @sirejofficial SIR EJ, has put processes and strategies in place that …
Read More »Most African Govts (3 in 4) Spend More on Arms, Less on Farms
Chronic underinvestment in agriculture is a key cause of the widespread hunger experienced in 2022, according to Oxfam report. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, March 03, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Mar 03 (IPS) – The data is shocking: three-quarters of African Governments have already reduced their agricultural …
Read More »Streaming Farms In Nigerian Music: The abominable apple everyone seems to be eating [Pulse Explainer]
It’s necessary to define the term for those whose first interaction with it happens to be the allegation of its deployment being hurled around by some artists. A Streaming Farm is essentially a network that increases a song’s streams through the use of robots or multiple phones. It’s a grey …
Read More »Quinta-ssential Portugal: a campervan tour of farms, villages and flavours
As we pull up at the gate of Lavoura da Bouça, a huge but friendly mastiff is there to meet us. Behind him waddle a gaggle of noisy geese, followed by a scattering of sheep. In the back of our brightly coloured rental van, my two sons and their school …
Read More »‘Delectable and ripe’: readers’ favourite pick-your-own farms
Winning tip: Punnet paradise, near Edinburgh On a cycling tour of Scotland last year, the alluring aroma of fragrant fields full of strawberries, drifting up a hill, caused me to pause my pedalling and follow my nose. It was an excellent decision. The well-signposted Craigie’s Farm, at South Queensferry near …
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