Western Cape minister of agriculture Dr Ivan Meyer has welcomed back senior students at the Elsenburg Agricultural Training Institute (EATI) and urged the students to adhere to all the COVID-19...
Incubation equipment specialist, Petersime, recently published a scientific brochure on embryonic development
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced last week that the import into and sale within Hong Kong of raw oysters harvested in...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has sent potato seeds and fertilisers to many households in Lesotho to protect agricultural livelihoods, under the project ‘Special Programme for Food Security in...
Currently, genetically modified crops are only cultivated in three African countries on a commercial basis but in research and development plant biotechnology is already used more and more
The International Tropical Timber Technical Association (ATIBT) has discussed forest management strategies for promoting a sustainable tropical timber industry
Thirteen small- and medium-sized businesses from Africa and the Middle East have won the “Good Food for All” competition, held in conjunction with the UN Food Systems Summit
Pöttinger has launched Novacat RCB, its latest new roller conditioner, offering the advantages of being more economical, reliable and easier to service
A new study by the North Dakota State University (NDSU) has compared two years of fresh apples exposed to periodic Thermaculture heat-treatments with conventionally grown apples and concluded that heat-treatments...
VisionFund International, World Vision’s microfinance arm and Global Parametrics, has launched a new climate insurance programme, the African and Asian Resilience in Disaster Insurance Scheme (ARDIS), that will benefit more...
Fresh produce packaging producers, StePac has expanded its range of top seals which extend the shelf life of fresh fruits and ready-to-eat salads
Finland’s food company Valio and energy company Gasum intend to find solutions to the climate challenge together, binding more atmospheric carbon dioxide in grass fields and generating biogas from manure...
Lagos state government has decided to train and empower around 15,000 youths and the unemployed in the next four years in agricultural value chains
Representatives from the UN FAO and members of the Pan-African Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition met in South Africa for a workshop
David Mabuza, deputy president of South Africa chaired the inaugural meeting of the inter-ministerial committee on land reform which aims to provide political oversight and oversee the implementation of cabinet...
Farm Radio Trust, a long-term partner of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Malawi, is using radio and other channels such as a dedicated hotline and texting, to share weather...
Moba, a leading producer of high-quality integrated systems for the grading, packaging and processing of eggs, has launched the Omnia XF2 grading machine
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved US$42mn grants to support the national agriculture investment plan in Sudan
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Agricultural Bank of Egypt (ABE) have partnered to help Egyptian farmers access financing to purchase solar irrigation systems, reduce their...
Case IH Agriculture, a Brand of CNH Industrial, has announced its intention to further renew a long term distribution contract with NORTHMEC, a division of the Capital Equipment Group (CEG)...
Hundreds of female African producers and manufacturers attend SAFEM every year. (Image source: TİKA)
