In an effort to achieve sustainable recovery and build resilience from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mastercard Foundation announced a programme that will support more than three million people in sub-Saharan Africa over the next two years
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FarmVisionAI releases mobile app for in-field artificial intelligence
Agriculture AI company FarmVisionAI has released a mobile app designed to engage growers in-field with vision AI stress detections
Food security in Ethiopia threatened by locusts and floods
Mohammed Ali, 30, is visibly tired, but relentlessly searching for pastures for his cattle. He leads over 400 head of cattle from Ewa to Asayta Woreda in the Afar region
Omnia to sell Oro Agri for US$165mn to Rovensa
JSE-listed Omnia Holdings Limited has reached an agreement to sell Oro Agri to Rovensa, a European-based company producing and distributing biocontrol, bionutrition and crop protection solutions
FAO aims to unlock Africa’s potential to end hunger and malnutrition
The director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, says that the potential of Africa gives him hope that the fight against poverty and hunger can be won