Airbus is marketing Verde, an AI-powered crop analytics service, on the Agri-food Data Marketplace launched by Agrimetrics, the UK Agri-Tech Centre for Innovation in Data Science
Agriculture
Precision farming market to see stupendous growth till 2029, says Fact.MR
The global precision farming market set to see a stupendous 12 per cent CAGR from 2019 to 2029, according to Fact.MR
Sierra Leone to restore self-sufficiency in rice production
Sierra Leone will look to the African Development Bank (AfDB) to stimulate agribusiness development in the country with a focus on rice production, President Maada Bio told a visiting delegation led by AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina
Africa Fertiliser Financing Mechanism project in Nigeria
The Africa Fertiliser Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has kick-started a US$2.2mn project to provide fertiliser suppliers in Nigeria with financial support to improve supply for 200,000 smallholder farmers
Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti get emergency aid for locusts outbreak
On 10 March, the Government of Japan decided to extend Emergency Grant Aid of US$7.5mn in response to the damage caused by locusts in Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti