The Ethiopian Embassy in Beijing has organised an “Ethiopia-China Pulses, Oilseeds and Spices Sellers-Buyers Matchmaking Seminar” on 11 January 2019 and a few days later in Hohhot, capital of the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, to promote opportunities in agriculture and livestock processing in Ethiopia
Agriculture
Africa and Asia take joint global initiative to diversify staples

Staples can have a pronounced impact on overcoming malnutrition and poverty and coping with climate change. (Image source: Pexels/Pixabay)
Leading agriculture organisations from Africa and Asia have collaborated on major staples products
Global agriculture analytics market to grow at a CAGR of 16.2 per cent

Increasing adoption of advanced analytics wil improve the yield. (Image source: Bread for the World/Flickr)
The global agriculture analytics market size is expected to grow from US$585mn in 2018 to US$1,236mn by 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.2 per cent, according to the global analytics company ReportLinker
Promoting Open Data collaborations to harness agri output

The proactive sharing of Open Data is set to make information about agriculture and nutrition available to deal with the urgent challenge of ensuring world food security. (Image source: Sarah Clarry/Pixabay)
Global Open Data for Agriculture & Nutrition’s (GODAN) chief executive André Laperrière will be joining the board of the EURAKNOS thematic network which is establishing and developing the compilation of knowledge relating to agri-food and forestry data
About 40mn smart farming devices to be used by 2025

Technologies play significant role in boosting farming output worldwide. (Image source: viya0414/Pixabay)
As innovative technologies paved the way for smart farming’s emergence in the internet of things (IoT) landscape, LPWAN supplies a range of features in terms of energy consumption and long-range transmission