As the rural small-scale farmers in developing countries are mostly paid a pittance for their work, the president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has urged the world leaders attending the UN Food Systems Summit to take concrete actions to change this
Agriculture
Vietnam and Belgium boost agricultural trade relations
National assembly chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Minister of agriculture and rural Development Le Minh Hoan met with the Belgian delegation to boost bi-lateral agriculture trade
Agricultural product supplier Farmmi expanding in southwest Asia
Farmmi, Inc, an agriculture products supplier in China, announced the companys subsidiary Zhejiang Farmmi Biotechnology, is continuing its growth with new product order for its dried whole Shiitake mushrooms
China helps WFP upgrade mobile app for Zambian farmers
China contributed to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) this week, through a South-South and Triangular cooperation Covid opportunity fund, which will be used to make user experience better for the Virtual Farmers Market app, locally known as Maano
FAO launches practical tools to encourage soil organic carbon sequestration
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched two practical instruments designed to encourage soil organic carbon maintenance and sequestration, a key tool for climate action