Imagine 84mn ha of arable land, 230bcm of water and very clement weather all year round. Then imagine the same place with more than N1.3 trillion of food imports in a year, more than 50 per cent post-harvest waste and 40th of 56 positions on the global hunger index. This disconnect, on one hand is cause enough for alarm and on the other a call to opportunity in Africa
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Ferm O Feed’s organic fertilisers increase crop yields
Ferm O Feed, a subsidiary of Den Ouden Group from Schijndel, has announced it has set-up a new organic fertilizer production facility in the Netherlands in a bid to increase crop yields
Tea company set up in Kenya
A US$1.8mn tea value addition company has been set up in Mombasa, Kenya
African researchers receive rice production training in Philippines
IRRI has hosted and conducted a rice production course for research technicians from different member countries of the Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD) in the Philippines
Kenya's avocado sub-sector shows promising future
With an estimated annual production of 115,000mt, Kenya’s avocado sub-sector has experienced further growth as investments increase in the counties and new export markets open up
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