Research shows that harnessing plant microbiome – bacteria that live in roots, leaves and soil– can help in creating cleaner, pesticide free agricultural practices
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Angola starts coffee export to the USA
Angola has started exporting coffee to the USA with the first load of coffee from Angola arriving at New York this week
Nigerian government enforces prohibition of GM foods
The Nigerian federal government has ordered super-stores operators in the country to withdraw all genetically modified (GM) products from their shelves within the next seven days or face sanctions from the regulatory body
Minister of agriculture to deliver keynote address at Africa’s largest agri investment event
Senzeni Zokwana, minister of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of South Africa will deliver the keynote address and lead the way at Africa’s largest agri investment event from 28-30 November in Cape Town, South Africa
Farmers embark on a four journey for ecological farming investment
30 smallholder farmers from Kiambu, Meru, Machakos and Makueni counties in Kenya have recently set off from Thika on a four day resilience journey that will see them engage county leaders and Kenyans on the future of ideal agricultural system that they envision for Kenya and the continent