Desert Locust summer breeding, amplified by heavy rains, can pose a serious threat to agricultural production areas of Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia and northern Somalia during the next three months, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Lean farming has the power to make agricultural operations more effective and improve profit margins – but it requires a radical shift in thinking, said Conor Colgan, farmer and business consultant who has spent the last 10 years pioneering lean farming methods as a result of his MBA Masters Thesis
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the New Partnership for Africas Development of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), organised a three-day sub-regional consultative dialogue
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the OCP SA, formerly known as the Cherifien Office of Phosphates, have signed an MoU to strengthen collaboration on innovations and investments in agriculture using science and technologies
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is adopting a new policy to provide support services, farming products and inputs to the cocoa farmers through their registered cooperatives
