Tag: Agriculture and Fishing
biological diversity, an issue for the rural world
In Senegal, civil society organizations are fighting for sustainable agriculture that respects the environment in order to preserve biodiversity in the rural world, while agriculture employs 60% of the active…
in urban areas too, bees must be protected
World Bee Day is this Saturday, May 20. They are essential for food production, but they are under threat. In France, nearly 30% of bees disappear each winter due to…
new measures to help agriculture in the face of drought
While the kick-off of the municipal and regional elections of May 28 in Spain has been launched, the socialist government approved, Thursday, May 11, in an extraordinary Council of Ministers,…
UN agency calls for urgent adoption of ‘blue pact’ to protect oceans
In its latest report, the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) calls for the adoption of a global “blue pact” for the oceans. The goal? Sustainable use of…
serious economic consequences for fishermen
In Guinea, a hundred fishermen have been treated by the hospital, because of a mysterious skin disease causing cases of rashes, burns of the second and third degree. They would…
The ban on a pesticide worries French cereal producers who export to Africa
Concern is mounting over the ban on the use of an insecticide which is due to come into force on April 25. Some fear in particular that France will no…
Marseille sea urchins, victims of overfishing
In the Mediterranean Sea, scientists and fishing professionals are concerned about the drop in the number of sea urchins. These woodpecker-covered marine animals are thought to be victims of overfishing…
demonstration of farmers against the influx of grain from Ukraine
Big anger of Romanian farmers against Ukrainian cereals while the European aid plan was supposed to calm the rumble in Eastern Europe. With our correspondent in Bucharest, Benjamin Ribout Despite…
Russia threatens to suspend Ukrainian grain export deal
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in Turkey this Friday, April 7, a member of NATO which stands out for its good relations with Moscow and its role as mediator…
launch of a program to help reintegrate Pool ex-combatants
Ninja ex-combatants in Pool, a region in southern Congo-Brazzaville, rocked by a civil war between 2016 and 2017, will receive funding from the government and the World Bank for commercial…