The Platform for African-European partnership on Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD) in collaboration with The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) has organised a five-day facilitators’ Inception Workshop of the PAEPARD Project which is presently being held at the Imperial Resorts Beach Hotel in Entebbe, Uganda from… Read More
Hunger v/s Food wastage Every day, we hear in the news that people in different parts of the world (the horn of Africa for example) are suffering from hunger and malnutrition. Nearly one billion people in the world go to sleep hungry each night since they do not have anything… Read More
9th November 2011: A date that certainly will be remembered in the history of the Faculty of Agriculture and the University of Mauritius. Presently, we are facing several challenges in the world including the loss of our biodiversity, leading to climate change; whose effects are being experienced over the globe. The… Read More
Today, while checking some tweets I came across a very interesting animated video which beautifully shows us about agriculture and the green economy. Being interested in agricultural extension, I believe that this is the type of videos that we should that we should produce today to raise awareness of farmers… Read More
Today, 4th November 2011, the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Hon. Xavier Luc Duval presented the National Budget for the year 2012. Highlights of the Budget can be read HERE. The following have been presented with respect to Agriculture in the National Budget 2012: “Consolidating Agriculture 111. Mr Speaker,… Read More