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U.K. returnee finds success in aquaculture, wins State award
The Hindu
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August 26, 2025
When he quit his high-paying job in the United Kingdom to return home, Ambareesh Kishore of Thiruvangoor in Kozhikode district was planning to enter the seafood export business. But destiny and his innate interest in farming diverted him into...
FishPros Network: How federal professionals (and others) can transition into aquaculture careers
Aquaculture North America
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August 26, 2025
As funding cuts and agency shifts ripple through federal agencies, many seasoned professionals are finding themselves at a crossroads. Some are leaving public service by choice, others by circumstance, but a growing number are looking toward...
Cooke trims Nova Scotia salmon plans as regulatory hearing approaches
Undercurrent News
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August 29, 2025
Canadian seafood giant Cooke Aquaculture has scaled back its ambitions for salmon farming expansion in Nova Scotia, opting to move forward only with the plan to expand an existing site and pause applications for two new ones after years of...
Sri Lanka export board promotes smart agriculture, aquaculture tech
EconomyNext
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August 25, 2025
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s export development board has conducted awareness sessions on ‘smart solutions’ for agricultural and aquaculture exporters in the island’s north western and central provinces. The seminar focused on “adopting advanced...
Nigeria, US deepen cooperation in aquaculture
New National Star
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August 24, 2025
BY EMMANUEL OLUKOTUN The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has joined the American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (ASA WISHH) and SejFarms Consult Limited (SejFarms) at the graduation ceremony for the Next Gen Leaders for...
John Stephanis, pioneering Greek aquaculture entrepreneur, dies at 72
Kathimerini
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ECONOMY John Stephanis, a pioneer of Greek aquaculture and founder of Selonda, one of the country’s first fish-farming companies to go public and expand internationally, died on Wednesday, August 20. Known as the “father” of modern Greek...
Sigenergy's Modular C&I Solar-Storage Solution Drives Sustainable Aquaculture
MENAFN
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August 25, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) A major highlight of the event was the tour of a pioneering seawater fish farming project, powered by Sigenergy's C&I inverters and SigenStack energy storage system. This project integrates 6 MW of solar power with 5 MWh of...
American Soybean Association Grows Conglomerate To Strengthen U.S.-Nigeria Commercial Ties In Aquaculture
Daily Independent
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August 25, 2025
1 The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has joined the American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (ASA WISHH) and SejFarms Consult Limited (SejFarms) to strengthen U.S.-Nigeria commercial ties in aquaculture. The partnership...
Technique for mass cultivation of red seaweed developed
Taipei Times
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August 29, 2025
The Fisheries Research Institute has developed an aquaculture technique that could mass produce tetrasporophytes of red sea plume, a seaweed that could significantly reduce methane emissions from ruminants, which is in line with the nation’s goal...
CM Naidu pitches food processing as fix for farmers, targets 70 pc scale-up in Andhra
Hindustan Times
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August 29, 2025
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said food processing — currently at just 12 per cent—is the solution to farmers’ woes and should be scaled up to 70 per cent. CM Naidu pitches food processing as fix for...
President Mahama secures US$1bn investment in Singapore
Modern Ghana
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Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed that President John Dramani Mahama has successfully secured US$1 billion worth of investment deals during his landmark state visit to Singapore. Describing the visit as “historic” in...
County readies to reap big from first investment summit
The Standard
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Ms Grace Agola, County Executive Committee Member for Trade, Enterprise, Cooperatives, and Industrialization, Chief Officer for Trade and Agriculture Ms Elizabeth Adongo, MCA Siaya Township Obiero Otare and County Secretary Joseph Ogutu among...
Revolutionizing Ghana’s Agriculture: Why a Year-Round Regional Strategy Is the Way Forward
Modern Ghana
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Ghana’s agricultural sector has always been the backbone of its economy, blessed with fertile soils, favorable climate, and a rich farming tradition. Yet, paradoxically, food inflation continues to drive overall inflation to worrying levels,...
SBA Offers Relief to Oregon Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Drought
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Oregon to offset economic losses caused by drought...
Make central Sarawak a logistics hub to drive Sibu’s growth, says Sheda
Borneo Post
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August 30, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Threads WhatsApp Telegram (From fourth left, front) Tiang, Law, Wong, Lau (right, back row) and others posing for a group photo at one of booths at Sheda Home and Property Roadshow 2025. – Photo by Peter Boon SIBU (Aug...
Ghana signs $1b investment deals in Singapore on president’s visit
Ghana Business News
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August 30, 2025
On Aug 30, 2025 Last updated Aug 30, 2025 Presidents John Mahama and Tharman Shanmugaratnam. By the end of the first official visit to Singapore by President John Dramani Mahama, Ghana has signed a total of $1 billion worth of investment deals....
Ghana to present its Sustainable Ocean Plan document to UN General Assembly by September
Ghana News Agency
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August 29, 2025
By Godwill Arthur-Mensah Accra, Aug.29, GNA–Ghana is set to present its Sustainable Ocean Plan (SOP) policy framework to the United Nations General Assembly by September 24, 2025. The plan aims to guide the sustainable production of ocean wealth...
Chinese Ambassador Says FTA Will Unlock Maldives’ Export Growth
Miadhu Daily
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The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Maldives and China, which officially came into force on January 1, is set to bring wide-ranging benefits to the Maldivian people, according to the Chinese Ambassador to the Maldives, Kong Xianhua....
American Soybean Association Expands Partnership To Strengthen U.S.-Nigeria Commercial Ties In Aquaculture
Daily Independent
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August 24, 2025
1 The U.S. Mission in Nigeria joined the American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (ASA WISHH) and SejFarms Consult Limited (SejFarms) at the graduation ceremony for the Next Gen Leaders for Aquaculture Innovation...
Khasi tribes’ indigenous fishing wisdom offers roadmap for sustainable aquaculture in Meghalaya
Hub Network
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August 24, 2025
Shillong, Aug 24: Indigenous fishing wisdom of Khasi tribes could hold the key to bridging the state’s massive fish production deficit, a new study has shed light. Published in the Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (August 2025), the study...