Ferm O Feed, a subsidiary of Den Ouden Group from Schijndel, has announced it has set-up a new organic fertilizer production facility in the Netherlands in a bid to increase...
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (ELAN) and Farm Radio International (FRI) have partnered to produce a 13-week series of radio programs designed to support and educate small-scale livestock farmers in North...
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has urged the country to transition from largely subsistence farming to industrialised commercial farming, in order to meet the goal of making the country food-sufficient by...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will invest US$7 million to support Vegpro Group's horticultural expansion plans into Ghana
With decisions in place to change the farming system in Lesotho, the Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Thabo Mofosi has urged farmers to plant more wheat for winter...
LEMKEN, a manufacturer and supplier of agricultural implements and farm equipment, has developed the concept of a Carbon Farming Plough in collaboration with the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research...
The revamped Presidential Rural Poultry Scheme in Zimbabwe will see as many as 3 million households receiving 10 indigenous poultry chicks each, as part of a targeted empowerment programme
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) director-general Jose Graziano da Silva met with Ugandan vice-president, Edward Sekandi, to explore ways to improve food security for Ugandans and eradicate poverty
The Nordic Development Fund (NDF), a joint development finance institution of five Nordic countries, has approved a US$6.2mn grant for sustainable growth of aquaculture in Mozambique
South African cooperative business Golden Macadamias has invested in a TOMRA 5C sorting machine with Biometric Signature Identification technology, in the anticipation of the need to produce macadamias in even...
A recent intellectual property workshop has prompted interest in protecting Rwanda’s unique plants
The livelihoods of an estimated 30,000 vulnerable farmers in South Sudan are set to improve, following the rolling out of a new UN programme
Pöttinger has introduced the trailed 6-rotor HIT 6.80 T with a working width of 7.45 metres for small farms
According to a recent South African Veterinary Association report, economic and safety concerns have influenced the decision of more than 50% of the country’s young veterinarians to leave
The World Bank, in collaboration with the Kenyan government, is funding a US$83mn project to help pastoralists in northern Kenya
A new strategy to be rolled out by the Namibian government is set to address the critical market shortage of livestock producers in the northern communal areas (NCAs)
VEGA has completed its measurement technology portfolio with two new compact instrument series comprising pressure sensors and level switches for hygienic processes
Vertical farming is getting popular across the globe as it is set to overcome the traditional complex supply chain system of the produce and improving the yield quality
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and PhosAgro, a leading producer of mineral fertilisers, have launched the joint Soil Doctors Programme in sustainable agriculture
At Bühler's Annual Results event, held in Uzwil, Switzerland, Irene Mark-Eisenring, chief HR officer, said the diversity of the company’s workforce, including 102 nationalities, is integral to the company’s success
Female farmers in Africa are set to benefit from new changes following the signing of the MoU between the UN Women and Airtel Africa. (Image source: UN Women Gallery)
