Electricity debt: Iran agrees to barter wheat Iran has agreed to barter wheat worth $9 million from Pakistan in relation to Pakistan”s debts for electricity supplied by Iran, Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad said. It is worth mentioning that the Iranian Plant Protection Organisation had announced earlier that it will not approve the quality […]
IFC, HBL sign pact to increase lending to farmers IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has signed an agreement with HBL to help the company increase lending to farmers, boosting agricultural productivity and spurring economic growth. IFC will advise HBL as it rolls out a plan to disburse almost 25,000 new loans to […]
Major agribusiness conference kicks off in Taipei Taipei City is hosting the Asian Food and Agribusiness Conference 2103: Biotechnology and Global Competitiveness July 15-18, the largest major international agricultural research event to be held in Taiwan in recent years, the ROC Council of Agriculture announced. Close to 100 industry members, government officials and academics from […]
IFC-HBL collaboration for farming loans KARACHI: International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has signed an agreement with Habib Bank Limited to help the company increase lending to farmers, boosting agricultural productivity and spurring economic growth, a press release issued on Monday said. IFC will advise HBL as it rolls out […]
Improve The Production In AGRICULTURE Pertinent to Agriculture Sector Development we all know that enabling environment is a prerequisite for boosting productivity, for which FINCON has mediated through one of its division AGRICON. Globally, the relative significance of farming has dropped steadily since the beginning of industrialization, and in 2003 – for the first time in history […]
ENHANCED EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY permanent administrative arm of government and comprises permanent and pensionable officials employed in civil capacity working in government ministries, departments, and agencies. Public service also includes the military, police, teachers, health workers, local government workers, and public enterprises. Civil service advises on, develops, and implements government policies and programs and […]
Government of the Netherlands and Clinton Foundation partner to implement climate-smart agriculture News item | 12-07-2013 The Clinton Foundation announced a partnership with the Government of the Netherlands to implement Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) in Malawi and Tanzania. The Government of the Netherlands will invest $3 million to expand the Clinton Development Initiative’s (CDI) smallholder farming […]
ODW Agricultural and Economic Development Fund The ODW Agricultural and Economic Development Fund is an issue-specific fund designed to empower communities with the resources needed to increase and stabilize food and economic security, which can consequently and directly improve health and education. Of the nearly one billion people living in chronic hunger worldwide, 800 million […]
Categorical Propositions Now that we’ve taken notice of many of the difficulties that can be caused by sloppy use of ordinary language in argumentation, we’re ready to begin the more precise study of deductive reasoning. Here we’ll achieve the greater precision by eliminating ambiguous words and phrases from ordinary language and carefully defining those that remain. […]
Promoting Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development INTRODUCTION 14.1. By the year 2025, 83 per cent of the expected global population of 8.5 billion will be living in developing countries. Yet the capacity of available resources and technologies to satisfy the demands of this growing population for food and other agricultural commodities remains uncertain. Agriculture […]
Promoting Productive Uses of Electricity in Rural Areas of Peru: Experiences and Lessons Learned This rural energy project, which included a pilot program to promote productive uses of electricity, supported over 4,970 families and micro-enterprises to adopt electricity to process cereals, coffee, cocoa, baked goods, meat products, milk, wood and metal products and handicrafts, and […]
Promoting Economic Development in Rural Areas Ten individuals, including economic strategists, business leaders, government policymakers, and academics from Ireland and Northern Ireland were selected to engage with their American counterparts to explore and share strategies for encouraging economic development in rural areas. The programme examined the role that small business development, inward investment, corporate incentive […]
Agribusiness and Innovation Systems in Africa This book examines how agricultural innovation arises in four African countries – Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda – through the lens of agribusiness, public policies, and specific value chains for food staples, high value products, and livestock. Determinants of innovation are not viewed individually but within the context of […]
Innovation for Agribusiness (INOVAGRO) Private Sector-Led Rural Growth in Northern Mozambique Formal commercial actors are needed to sustain and expand agricultural value chains. Poor farmers, either individually or within groups, cannot effectively penetrate international and formal markets without the formal intermediaries involved in quality management, bulking, and export. Under the right conditions, these formal commercial […]
Agribusiness Innovation and Growth 2013 New Zealand’s agritech sector is a $3 billion industry, generating export sales in excess of $700 million a year. Top players in the sector are gathering in Hamilton on the night before Fieldays for a mini-symposium on agribusiness and innovation. It’s a Universities New Zealand event, hosted by the University […]
Weaknesses in Agribusiness Curricula in Sub Saharan Universities: Demand for Change. The increasing complexity and dynamic nature of agribusiness in Africa demands equally flexible responses in agribusiness teaching and learning. The use and conservation of natural resources has consequences not just for agriculture but for the social and economic welfare of humanity as a whole. […]
Agribusiness and Commodity Risk Summary: This edited collection discusses risk management in world agricultural markets. The emphasis is on the use of exchange-traded and OTC derivatives to manage price risk. Two specifically useful chapters are on collateral management and the development of warehouse receipt systems in developing countries. Chapters on the credit risk of OTC […]
The ecosystem approach to fisheries management Aquatic ecosystems, including rivers, lakes and inland seas, flood plains, coastal lagoons and estuaries, coastal shelves and open oceans cover a very large part of the earth’s surface and, among other amenities, goods and services, sustain the production of fisheries and aquaculture. They yield about 120 million tonnes of […]
Quels leviers pour renforcer la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique? Tout d’abord, je souhaite vous remercier pour votre présence à ce premier séminaire spécialisé sur les opportunités et les défis, en Afrique, pour les investissements privés agroalimentaires européens. Ce séminaire arrive à un moment important pour la relation UE/Afrique dans le domaine agroalimentaire. Depuis les années 1980, […]
Preparing Financial Statements – Basic Concepts The Income Statement (Also called the “Profit and Loss” Statement) The income statement shows the financial results of operations for a period of time. Think of it as a “diary” of what transpired for, say, a 12-month period (e.g., “For the Year Ended 2005”). From the income statement, one can […]