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MasterCard's Community Pass; Bernard Okech Commended KENAFF for onboarding over 300,000 farmers on Community pass on empowering smallholder farmers in digital innovation. #78thKENAFFAGM #SustainableAgriculture #FarmersVoice #AgriFoodSystems #Cultivatingthefuture78thKENAFFAGM #SustainableAgriculture #FarmersVoice #AgriFoodSystems #Cultivatingthefuture

After an enormous few days getting fresh paddocks sorted for the cattle at home, it’s great to have finally landed in the beef capital! 🐂🌱 I’m looking forward to a cracking week in Rockhampton for Beef Australia, particularly chatting with Jackson Hewett from AuctionsPlus later this week about ESG investment, sustainability reporting, and environment & planning decisions for agricultural land in light of emerging legal & food security risks. ____________________________________________ Clayton Utz (Claire Smith, Wendy Evans, Andrew Hay), Cattle Australia, Future Farmers Network (FFN), Somerset Regional Council, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Queensland), Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Queensland Farmers' Federation, National Farmers' Federation, Agribusiness Australia, Queensland Law Society

What's the connection between producing food and foreign labor? 🌎 Chuck Conner, CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, shares his insights. #ForeignLabor #AgLabor

Open Markets' longstanding newsletter on corporate power in the food system, authored by Claire Kelloway, is now on Substack. Want to understand how large corporations and unfair competition that goes unchecked in agriculture, groceries, and all of the middlemen in between impact the quality and cost of what we eat? Sign up: https://lnkd.in/d_rmMHsU

What a pleasure it was to feature on BeefTV at this years Beef Australia 🐮 Thanks to Hamish Munro from Pairtree Intelligence for joining Harriet Mellish to talk all things agritech and innovation. We hope it was an insightful session on how you can get the best out of the growAG platform. If you missed it, don't worry! Sessions were recorded and will be online. Check out the link in our comments below 👇 | #beefaustralia | #beef2024 | AgriFutures evokeAG |

It’s Agri-Trivia Friday!! Are you a true agripreneur with the knowledge to back it up? Let's put it to the test! #Trivia #agribusinesstest #africanagribusiness #knowledge #agribusinessindustry

5Metis Advances Banana Black Sigatoka Control 5Metis, Inc. is pleased to announce a multi-year, $5.5 million, Phase III grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further advance its banana black sigatoka control product. Banana black sigatoka, also known as black leaf streak (BLS), is the most damaging foliar pathogen of bananas and plantains worldwide. Many smallholder farmers rely on these crops for both sustenance and income, and BLS can reduce yield by 50% or more, severely threatening grower livelihoods across sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Continue Reading: https://lnkd.in/gPhKmKEw

The next 'in conversation with' blog is here! This is my series of blog posts where I talk to inspirational people working in the world of food policy. Today’s ‘in conversation with’ features Louis Bedwell. Have a read about what Louis means when he talks about 'defying convention' in food policy, his views on how to fix the broken food system, what people working in food policy can learn from the world of disruptors, accelerators and innovators and of course....what's for dinner. https://lnkd.in/eYnqTwx2

Here's a sneak peek at some of the concurrent sessions focused on Resilience Through EMPOWERING FARMERS that will be delivered by farm management enthusiasts including academics, advisors, and farmers at #IFMA24!

It's Trivia Friday🤩 Dear agripreneur, how well do you know your Industry? Once again we have prepared one question that will put your knowledge to the test! Take the quiz if you dare! #Trivia #agribusinesstest #africanagribusiness #knowledge #agribusinessindustry