The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed to provide funding to Institute of Agriculture Research for Development (IRAD), where research is focused on creating adapted seed varieties
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How to prevent downy mildew in rose stems
Dr Lisbeth Riis, founder and CEO at Scarab Solutions, has discussed how tackling downy mildew requires preventive measures, effective scouting, early intervention and regularly executed control
Airbus launches AI-powered crop analytics service
Airbus is marketing Verde, an AI-powered crop analytics service, on the Agri-food Data Marketplace launched by Agrimetrics, the UK Agri-Tech Centre for Innovation in Data Science
Precision farming market to see stupendous growth till 2029, says Fact.MR
The global precision farming market set to see a stupendous 12 per cent CAGR from 2019 to 2029, according to Fact.MR
Sierra Leone to restore self-sufficiency in rice production
Sierra Leone will look to the African Development Bank (AfDB) to stimulate agribusiness development in the country with a focus on rice production, President Maada Bio told a visiting delegation led by AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina