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 with training apps
Agriculture
Nigeria refocuses on farming as oil money shrinks
Nigeria is turning to farming as dwindling oil income has driven the economy to the brink of its first full-year contraction in more than two decades
Drones to monitor Rwanda potato farms
An aerial drone to monitor crops for Irish potato farmers in Rwanda’s Northern Province was launched recently in Musanze district
Biobest to acquire Kenyan biopesticide firm
Biobest has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Real IPM Kenya, a leading company in biological control in East Africa
Kenya eyes EU markets as lucrative for mango exports
A survey conducted in Mango farms in Elgeyo-Marakwet County shows a reduction of flies and increased productivity with the use of pheromone traps