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Green finance fuels Vietnam’s agricultural transformation
VietnamPlus
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June 6, 2025
Low-emission rice cultivation in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Green credit has become a key source of financial support for farmers, cooperatives, and enterprises to restructure their cultivation practices as...
Vietnam signs agricultural trade pacts with Ohio leaders
Ohio Ag Net/Ohio's Country Journal
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June 5, 2025
A major international agreement with big implications for Ohio agriculture – Vietnamese leaders visited Columbus this week to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Ohio farm groups. The deal is part of a larger $2 billion commitment to purchase...
What Would Jesus Eat in a Collapsing Ecosystem?
Sojourners - Washington D.C.
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June 5, 2025
Walking down a road paved with churches, I approach a large building whose bright orange awning beckons me from down the block. The establishment, Sea Town Fish & Meat Market, is staffed by neighborly workers who call me bebecita when I ask them...
FULL SPEECH: The 2025 State of the Nation Address
Independent (Uganda)
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June 6, 2025
President Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni arrive for the SONA Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In fulfillment of the constitutional requirement, under Article 101 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, President Yoweri...
Generation Aqua: Degrees vs. deckhands
Aquaculture North America
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June 3, 2025
In aquaculture, the question of what’s truly valued in a career is central to workforce development: Is it advanced degrees—like Master’s or PhDs in fisheries, hatchery/RAS systems, animal husbandry, or larvae production? Or is it certifications...
Adesina’s Decade of Impact: A Farewell to a Visionary Leader Who Changed the Continent
This Day
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June 6, 2025
Nume Ekeghe writes on the remarkable legacy of Dr. Akinwumi Adesina whose 10-year presidency of the African Development Bank (AfDB) reshaped Africa’s development landscape, reaching over 565 million lives and positioning the institution as a...
Feed for Thought: Considerations for proper larval feeding
Hatchery International
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June 5, 2025
Fish larvae are the basic building blocks of a successful hatchery operation. Their survival and development into healthy adults is a big asset for hatcheries and, eventually, seafood consumers. Proper development and growth of fish larvae depends...
Former minister Shiimi says auction off more fishing quotas to boost revenue, fix past fishrot abuses
The Namibian
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June 5, 2025
Former minister of finance Iipumbu Shiimi has urged the government to increase its auctioned fishing quotas, following a revenue of N$944 million generated over the past four years. Shiimi said this in an opinion piece published in The Namibian’s...
EU conjures up surprise law to govern use of ocean resources
Politico Europe
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June 6, 2025
But Kadis said the new act would go well beyond the scope of the MSPD, providing a framework to implement the wide-ranging goals of the new European Ocean Pact, a policy promise of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s second term. Those...
North Island-Powell River MP delivers first speech in Ottawa
Powell River Peak
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June 5, 2025
Member of parliament Aaron Gunn stands in House of Commons to make initial address North Island-Powell River Member of Parliament Aaron Gunn has made his first speech, known as the maiden speech, in the House of Commons. Standing in parliament on...
BC First Nation builds small island, fisheries officials check for possible habitat damage
Canada's National Observer
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June 5, 2025
A British Columbia First Nation has built up a small artificial island in the tidal shallows of Coles Bay off Vancouver Island, triggering an investigation by fisheries officials into whether it involved habitat destruction and if authorization...
Seafood exports rise sharply in first five months
Vietnam News Agency
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HÀ NỘI Việt Nam’s seafood export revenue reached US$4.07 billion in the first five months of 2025, marking a 14 per cent increase compared to last year. China, the United States and Japan remained the country’s top three seafood export markets,...
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS LAUNCHES GROUNDBREAKING KING CRAB FARMING INITIATIVE FOR CORAL REEF RESTORATION AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS
SKN Pulse
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June 5, 2025
Basseterre, Saint Kitts, June 04, 2025 (MOA): In a pioneering move for marine conservation and economic sustainability, the Department of Marine Resources of St. Kitts and Nevis partnered with the Caribbean Aquatic Restoration Effort St. Kitts and...
Oyo trains 250 retirees in agribusiness skills
Punch
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June 5, 2025
The Oyo State Government has trained about 250 retirees on agricultural practices and micro-livestock management. The training, held at the Local Government Hall, Secretariat, Ibadan, on Wednesday, also had in attendance some intending retirees in...
SEAFDEC succeeds in shortening milkfish grow-out time
The Fish Site
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The yield was produced using 7,000 hatchery-bred fry sourced from SEAFDEC/AQD’s hatchery in Tigbauan, Iloilo. The fish, locally known as “bangus,” were fed a combination of natural food and commercial feed, reaching an average daily growth rate of...
New Ocean Centres to Drive Safer and More Sustainable Ocean Economies Across the Global South
Macau Business
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June 5, 2025
NEW YORK, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A major step forward for ocean sustainability will be launched at the United Nations Ocean Conference 2025: a global network of Ocean Centres designed to put safety at the heart of the blue economy transition...
Ghana at Risk of EU Fisheries Ban as Government Races to Avert Red Card
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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June 5, 2025
By Felix Cofie Ghana is racing against time to avoid a potential red card from the European Union, which would result in a permanent ban on fish exports to the EU market. The country is currently under a yellow card warning due to persistent...
Singapore, France ink Enhanced Maritime Partnership agreement
Port Technology International
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June 3, 2025
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Directorate General for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture (DGAMPA) have agreed on an Enhanced Maritime Partnership to further strengthen maritime cooperation between Singapore...
A new data-driven initiative in Ahero, Kisumu County of Kenya, has revealed crucial insights into how smallholder farmers can adapt to climate change while improving nutrition.
The Standard
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A section of the flood-prone Ahero area in Kisumu County, Kenya. May 23, 2025. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] A new data-driven initiative in Ahero, Kisumu County of Kenya, has revealed crucial insights into how smallholder farmers can adapt to...
Shipbuilding hub to boost Musandam’s economy
Oman Observer
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June 5, 2025
In a major boost for Oman’s marine and fisheries industries, Musandam Global Investment Company SAOC (MGIC) and its Turkish partners have signed binding commercial terms and a shareholders' agreement to establish Musandam Drydock and Marine...