Research shows that harnessing plant microbiome – bacteria that live in roots, leaves and soil– can help in creating cleaner, pesticide free agricultural practices
With financial support from the European Union (EU), the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has procured and handed over 14 vehicles to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water...
Over three million people in Tanzania and Kenya will benefit from a US$384.22mn financing package for road construction support, approved by the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) board in Abidjan
The Kenyan government has exempted 18 millers from paying import duty on 577,050 mt of raw materials used in the manufacture of animal and chicken feed
Nigerian economy is projected to have an economic output of around US$11.6bn if the country embraces biotechnology in its agricultural practices, said a report from Monsanto
Recently, Filip De Smet joined the Petersime sales team as the new Area Sales Manager for Europe and the English-speaking countries of Africa
A gene that gives rice plants deeper roots could triple yields during droughts, according to a new study by Japanese scientists
Barneveld-based Moba is cancelling all exhibitions for 2020, aiming to ensure safety and health
Case IH has launched the new Case IH Africa/Middle East App to help customers in the region make better-informed product decisions and to enable distributors to access machine specifications more...
South Africa's poultry industry has expressed fears that cheaper products being opportunistically imported or dumped into the market could lead to its collapse
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has partnered with OCP Africa, a subsidiary of the OCP Group, to strengthen the rice sector in Côte...
Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) has received components for the construction of a palm oil plant in Liberia
Production has begun at Nigeria’s first sugarcane bio-factory in the city of Zaria at Kaduna state
A long term study in Kenya shows that organic farming is productive, economically viable and resource conserving
The Kenyan government has reduced the prices of fertiliser by 25 per cent to increase usage as the planting season approaches
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa in collaboration with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat and the Zimbabwe Ministry of Industry...
Aviagen South Africa completed its first Grandparent (GP) export to their exclusive Ross distributor, Ross Breeders Zambia, early in 2021
With the Thulit, LEMKEN presents its first weeder harrow and rounds off its range of mechanical weed control implements
Morocco’s ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forestry has announced a special programme developed to support beekeepers affected by the phenomenon of disappearance of bee colonies, noted recently in some regions
The East African Community (EAC), in collaboration with Kenya’s Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, has issued guidelines to prevent and curb the spread of Avian flu, a killer poultry disease