The US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the IKEA Foundation have announced a joint US$30mn commitment to Aceli Africa, an innovative programme that incentivises banks to lend to agribusinesses
Crops
URALCHEM and Uralkali to start supplying fertilisers to Sudan in 2021
Two leading Russian fertiliser producers, Uralkali (Berezniki) and Uralchem (Moscow) have announced that they will start supplying fertilisers to Sudan in 2021
Syngenta Crop Protection launches new insecticide active ingredient
Syngenta has unveiled Spiropidion, an innovative new insect control technology that will help farmers protect their crops against harmful pests in an effective and environmentally sustainable manner
Ensuring crop nutrition
Uralchem and Uralkali provide farmers with a complete range of fertilisers, essential for plant growth
Traffic & Tillage Project team establish 10th experimental crop
The Controlled Traffic Farming Team at Harper Adams University successfully tilled and drilled their long-term experimental site in late October 2020