YBM, a private avocado oil processing company, has become operational within the state-owned Yirgalem Agro-processing Park in Southern region of Ethiopia
Zambia’s first choice for broiler chicken, Ross Breeders, have partnered with Cellulant to digitise their payments with Tingg
Improving living standards in developing countries and an increase in the worldwide population have resulted in a steadily increasing demand for poultry and pork meat
International charity Farm Africa in collaboration with local partners Inades-Formation and Community Support Initiatives Tanzania (COSITA) has launched a programme to train sesame farmers in Tanzania to use smartphones loaded...
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) project to support the employability and integration of young people in growth sectors (PAEIJ-SP) in Togo has helped create 35,000 jobs in agricultural SMEs
Nigerian agriculture minister Akinwumi Adesina has said that Africa’s future billionaires and millionaires will make their money from agriculture
AGCO has signed an agreement with Standard Bank South Africa to offer retail finance for customers purchasing AV
With fertile river valleys, expansive coastal lowlands and the prolific Zambezi River as a source of irrigation, Mozambique is considered a mecca for crop cultivation, with climatic conditions catering to...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD) has announced a project to support around 210,000 poor rural households in Niger that are vulnerable to climate shocks...
With Desert Locusts ravaging large swathes of East Africa in recent months, concerns have been rising that swarms could turn their sights westward and invade countries such as Chad, Niger,...
A technology able to address declining soil fertility in food production has been made available to smallholder farmers in Ghana
Rwanda’s Gicumbi district will get a modern milk collection centre, a move that is expected to benefit 300 dairy farmers
In response to the horrific surge of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon, the Rainforest Alliance is mobilising its broad network of partners to fight the ongoing destruction of this...
The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is funding new research into harvesting water from air and technology that...
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced US$15mn, on 14 July 2020, to support a partnership between Arizona State University and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology...
Post COVID-19, the Edo State government will focus on developing human capital in agriculture, agribusiness, agro-processing and allied fields to groom and harness knowledge and skillsets of its teeming youth...
The African Development Bank's (AfDB's) Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative has reached a US$1bn landmark in approved funding targeted towards African women entrepreneurs
The demand for milk in Kenya has risen following an increase in the country’s population causing farmers in the country to import quality breeds of cow from South Africa
New Holland Agriculture displayed its product range, which included a its huge selection of fuel-efficient tractors, combines and hay and forage equipment, at Nampo Harvest Day in Bothaville, South Africa
Minister Meyer with emerging farmer, Johan Arnoldus of Gauls Farming, Matjiesvlei. (Image source: Western Cape Government)
