With an aim to tackle the dairy waste issues, AgriChemWhey is building a never-before industrial-scale biorefinery in the South East region of Ireland, which will have the capacity to valorise...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, on 8 May, signed the Participatory Agriculture and Climate Transformation Programme (PACT) grant agreement for US$106.54mn, supporting...
Zambia-based fishing company Yalelo Limited is investing US$9.5mn to increase tilapia production at its cage fish farming operations in Siavonga
Kubota has renamed its long-standing MGX range the M6-001 Utility series, which spans the same 104hp to 143hp segment to slot between the smaller M5-002 and higher-spec M6-002
The Kenyan horticultural sector is developing a digital system that will allow products, that do not meet standards, to be recalled anywhere along the value chain
The World Sustainability Organization and Foundation (WSO&F) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Zambian Government, to make Zambia the African Sustainability Hub
President Museveni has ordered for the delivery of 20 tractors worth US$870,000 to 20 groups of farmers across Uganda
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to double its climate finance commitments for the period 2020-2025, with around US$25bn investment, according to Akinwumi Adesina, president of AfDB
The African Farmers Workshop and Expo (AFWE) will take place from 12-14 August 2014 at the Johannesburg Expo Centre
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has welcomed a US$18mn contribution from Germany to provide assistance to those directly affected by the desert locust upsurge in East Africa
The vice-president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Cornelia Richter, met with government officials to discuss the expansion of the fund's efforts in helping Kenyan farmers
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a contribution from China this week, through a South-South and Triangular cooperation Covid opportunity fund, which will be used to enhance...
IFAD and the EU have successfully completed the US$26.6 million Food Facility (EUFF) programme in West Africa
Precision Planting, a specialist in precision agriculture technology solutions, has shared six planter upgrades to help farmers achieve a picket fence crop stand in 2021
Modern image recognition which requires powerful cameras or sensors combined with intelligent algorithms is becoming more and more prevalent in agriculture, thus enabling at least partially autonomous machine use in...
At a panel focused on fostering peace in the Sahel region, FAO director-general QU Dongyu said mobile pastoralism is an important platform for livelihoods in the Sahel region and improved governance can...
A contribution of fish that are high in protein, vitamins, and minerals, mackerel are being supplied by government of Japan (WFP) to 270,000 pupils in the most food-insecure regions, supported by...
Bobcat, global provider of heavy lift handling applications for agriculture and construction markets, has launched the TL43.80HF telehandler in the Middle East and Africa region
Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in nutrition, health and sustainable Living, has launched Sustell - a first-of-its-kind intelligent sustainability service that delivers accurate, simple, and actionable farm-level solutions...
IFAD programme to help provide training for small-scale farmers in Malawi