Recently, Filip De Smet joined the Petersime sales team as the new Area Sales Manager for Europe and the English-speaking countries of Africa
With agriculture accounting for the bulk of child labour globally and the numbers involved growing, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is stepping up its work...
Consumer demand for convenience food products continues to rise
The European Investment Bank is planning to support large-scale investment to increase rice production and enhance food security in Liberia
The Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) and the Namibia National Farmers Union have praised the Nambian Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry for lifting a ban on breeding domestic livestock abroad
Soycom, an edible seed processing company, announced that it has signed an agreement with Rwandan farmers to promote the growth of sunflower, soyabeans and groundnuts in Rwamagana, Rwanda
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a new phase of its key agricultural policy monitoring and analysis initiative, focused on supporting reforms in eight Sub-Saharan African countries, as...
Driven by rapid advances in sensor technology, Systems & Components trade fair taking place from 12-18 November in Hanover, Germany, will showcase the evolution of mobile machinery, presenting powerful assistance systems...
The popular power output for new tractors sold in Africa is from 60 to about 130hp, a power range that covers many of the specialist fruit and vineyard models as...
The China Africa Development Fund is buying a major shareholding in Cottco Holdings, the wholly-owned subsidiary of China-Africa Cotton
Paul Mitei, a farmer from Kiptoben Village, Nakuru County, Kenya started growing avocados because other farmers in his community were also growing them
As the food chain is a societal imperative and it must be safe in all circumstances, JOSKIN has ensured its service to farmers and contractors amid COVID-19 pandemic
While agriculture accounts for about 40 per cent of its national GDP, Nigeria produces only a small portion of the fertiliser consumed by its farmers; that is about to change
John Dyegh, the lawmaker representing Gboko/Tarka Federal constituency at the Nigeria National Assembly has claimed that 'powerful Nigerians' are disrupting the passage of the bill banning open grazing
On 17 March, Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, officially launched Africa’s Food System Forum 2023, Africa’s premier platform for advancing the agriculture and food systems...
Pöttinger has redesigned its NOVADISC mowers with an aim to provide high cost-effective operations on steep terrain
A joint collaborative project funded through Innovate UK and Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme: Research Starter round two, will use technology to monitor biodiversity 24/7 on a dairy farm in Somerset
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has concluded a US$1.3bn syndicated loan agreement at a signing ceremony in Paris
In an industry leading initiative, South African fishing company Irvin & Johnson (I&J) has announced that it would meet strict sustainability standards for its seafood operations by the end of...
The Malawian Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has disclosed that it will soon start renting out tractors kept at the Plant and Vehicle Hire Organisation (PVHO) in Lilongwe to...
Locusts are posing significant threat to crop output. (Image source: Dominic Alberts/Pixabay)
