Case IH Sugar Camp 2017 held in Brazil gave its African and the Middle Eastern customers the opportunity to see world-class harvesters and manufacturing plants and to witness sugarcane’s growing importance as a renewable energy source
Agriculture
AfDB approves US$343,000 grant to enhance honey production in Rwanda
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has partnered with SERUKA, a women’s organisation in Rwanda, to launch Rwanda Honey Value Chain Project, which aims to boost honey production in Rwanda and enhance the capacity of honey production cooperatives to access formal markets
South Africa to target Asian market following maize surplus
South Africa, which has had a bumper crop of maize this year leading to depressed prices and dampened demand in Africa, will now target Asian markets to boost maize exports
New technology extracts drinking water and crop fertiliser from air
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 enhances crop production
AfDB collaborates with GEF to promote sustainable agro- and forest ecosystems
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved a total funding of US$11.2mn for two projects co-financed with the African Development Bank (AfDB) at the 52nd Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council meeting