Eight pilots have successfully passed their drone flight training in Tunisia following a two-week intensive training period organised by the Ministry of Agriculture of Tunisia, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Busan Techno Park
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Chinese ambassador pledges to attract more Rwandan coffee and tea investors
A delegation of 25 staff members from the Chinese Embassy in Kigali led by ambassador Henry Rao Hongwei visited Rwanda Farmers Coffee Company (RFCC), a coffee roasting plant based at National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) headquarters in Kigali
FAO calls for stronger commitment and funding to achieve zero Hunger
FAO and parliamentarians from eastern Africa, together with Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and East African Community (EAC), have called for robust legislative frameworks and increased funding to intensify the fight against hunger and malnutrition
Bühler technology helps to reduce sorting costs by up to 90 per cent
Bühler technology is enabling the world’s largest fig grower to double its processing capacity to 20,000lbs per hour and reduce increasingly expensive costs associated with sorting, by up to 90 per cent
‘Blockchain could prevent global civil unrest set-off by commodity volatility’
Implementing technology like blockchain could prevent global civil unrest set-off by volatile commodity prices, according to blockchain business UWIN (Unleashing the Wealth in Nations)