Emmanuel Ijewere, vice-president of the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG) and CEO of Best Food Farms Ltd, talks about measures to enable a sustainable food system and advises potential investors on different opportunities abound in Africa’s agriculture sector
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AfDB continues support for Lake Chad Basin Heritage Project
The African Development Bank will continue its support for an environmental initiative to protect the shrinking Lake Chad, a source of water to millions of people in central and West Africa
AfDB hosts meeting to fight Fall Armyworm
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is hosting “From Plan to Action,” meeting to control Fall Armyworm in southern Africa from 26-27 July 2018
IIOT to increase revenue of agri-businesses by 14 per cent
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is set to make a sizeable contribution to the global economy by 2023, according to a new global study by Inmarsat, the world’s leading mobile satellite communications company
Nestlé rewards Ghana’s cocoa farmers
More than 17,615 farmers in Ghana will benefit from a US$1.07mn premium package under the Nestlé Cocoa Plan (NCP), which is a part of Nestlé’s aim to develop cocoa farming communities in the region