Vodafone Group, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and not-for-profit organisation TechnoServe has announced it has signed an agreement to deploy mobile technology to increase the productivity of thousands of low-income, smallholder farmers in Tanzania
Crops
Nigeria set to see US$11.6bn economic output from biotechnology
Nigerian economy is projected to have an economic output of around US$11.6bn if the country embraces biotechnology in its agricultural practices, said a report from Monsanto
Liberian senate gives go-ahead to US$11mn cocoa agreement
The Liberian senate has backed a US$11mn agreement entered between the Liberian government and the Liberia Cocoa Corporation (LCC)
Dow AgroSciences to grow Africa footprint
US-based Dow AgroSciences will expand its presence in Africa to tap into the continent’s agricultural potential
Nigerian firm invests US$13.4mn in rice production
A Nigerian company has pledged to invest around US$13.4mn in cultivating around 25,000ha of land at Akotogbo in Ondo state with a promise to create 2,500 jobs