International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Republic of Sierra Leone have signed a financing agreement to develop a US$72.6mn Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (AVDP)
A two-day conference to end cattle raids in the states of Northern Liech, Twic and Gogrial concluded at Mankein last week
The EU, along with development organisation Solidaridad West Africa, launched the Liberia Cocoa Sector Improvement Programme (LICSIP) to help cocoa farmers in Liberia
As Internet access has broadened in Africa, technology firms have been able to reach an ever wider audience
Scientists have shown that malaria-transmitting mosquitoes actively avoid feeding on certain animal species such as poultry using smell
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) have signed two grant agreements to implement trade credit guarantees worth US$5.4mn to support fertiliser value chains...
Hubbard, one of the major international broiler breeding companies in the world, has announced that the ‘Hubbard JA257’ has been accredited by the Dutch Animal Welfare Association (Dierenbescherming) for use...
Access to adequate financing is often identified as one of the key inhibitors to achieving long-term sustainability for Africa’s agricultural practitioners, particularly smallholder and subsistence-level farmers who typically must resort...
AgUnity along with partners Virginia Tech and Egerton University deploy custom smartphone and OS solution to producers, traders, and retailers in Western Kenya
The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) and Fairtrade Africa (FTA) have signed a collaborative pact aimed at addressing the effects of climate change on trade from smallholder farming, and...
As part of the Nigerian government’s plans to boost the country’s agricultural self-sufficiency, free sorghum seeds have been distributed to more than 7,000 farmers in Kudana State
Initial findings show measurable effects on broiler leg strength from alterations in temperature and humidity during incubation.
New Holland Agriculture with the support of its local distributor MOENCO has delivered six units of New Holland branded T6080 Cab tractor and two units of New Holland branded TC5.80...
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
Kenyan rice farmers are switching to a new technology that is set to double production
The future in focus. The worlds major agricultural trade show, Agritechnica, is taking place from 12 - 18 November 2017 in Hannover, Germany
Agrimetrics, the UK’s agri-tech centre for innovations in data science, has launched the Agri-Food Data Marketplace, a move that aims to enable data-owners to safely share and monetise data, while...
The rapid availability of spare parts is a central success factor for farmers and contractors and for Pottinger it is, therefore, the basis for the best customer service
East African farmers have benefitted from agricultural training, with the volume of milk sold by farmers in the East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) project increasing by 102 per cent over...
The World Bank pledged US$500mn supporting Lebanon's population at a time of peak economic crisis. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
