The first results from EU’s Horizon project ‘Agricultural Interoperability and Analysis System’ (ATLAS), a new open interoperability network to integrate and connect many farm data sources simply, will be presented...
In a newly released paper, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) have undertaken a review of broad institutional and stakeholder...
Nigeria’s Delta State has announced that it would support the farmers of the region with modern tractor equipment worth US$5.5mn in 2015
Namibia is planning to develop poultry industry standards to boost growth in the sector, an official said
The Department for International Development (DFID) has announced to provide a further US$71.11mn to support AgDevCo's mission to create jobs, improve food security and boost prosperity in Africa
In response to the growing need for a simple-to-use, accurate and science-driven carbon audit tool, SAC Consulting, part of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), has developed Agrecalc that is being used...
Devakumar Edwin, group executive director, Dangote Industries, speaks to African Farming about how the Dangote fertiliser plant will help improve the ecosystem in the country
Andre Laperriere, executive director of GODAN, has been extensively studying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on agriculture and global food security
Hard-working and dedicated management are put into growing a stable business
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that more needs to be done to boost family farming across Africa
Hoogendoorn Growth Management has introduced sustainable training for international growers on how to use their data based on the principles of Growing by Plant Empowerment
The government of Uganda and UN World Food Programme (WFP) are investigating the connection between recent illnesses reported in two districts in Karamoja and Super Cereal, a fortified blended food...
Field trials underway in Kenya and Uganda
Preservation and shelf life extension technologies can effectively drive supply chain resiliency and reduce food loss and waste (FLW), according to Lux Research's report “Preserving the Food Chain”
The Mitas brand, part of the Trelleborg Group, is expanding its High Capacity Municipal (HCM) tyre range with the launch of the new 360/80R28 IND size
Drought throughout East Africa has sharply curbed harvests and pushed the prices of cereals and other staple foods to unusually high levels, posing a heavy burden to households and special...
Zimbabwe's cotton crop prices are expected to take another fall in the 2014 harvest after having cut by more than half in 2013, according to renowned economist John Robertson
According to the IDTechEx report “Plant-Based and Cultured Meat 2020-2030”, the market for novel meat substitutes is expected to exceed US$30bn by 2030
AkzoNobel has further enhanced its Interpon Redox range of powder coatings with the launch of Redox One Coat, the corrosion prevention solution that delivers all the protection one would expect...