First Quantum Minerals (FQM) will recruit more than 1,000 Zambian farmers into modern conservation farming by 2015 with the aim of improving food security in the country's North-Western Province
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved US$42mn grants to support the national agriculture investment plan in Sudan
Dr Sakho, Secretary-General for Senegal's Ministry of Agriculture, opened the Invest in Africa seminars at VIV Europe 2018 with an upbeat call for investment in the West African country's poultry...
The 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan for Somalia, launched by the humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, calls for US$1.6bn to protect the lives of 5.4 million Somalis
The popular power output for new tractors sold in Africa is from 60 to about 130hp, a power range that covers many of the specialist fruit and vineyard models as...
The Zimbabwean government has unveiled plans to increase wheat production by 17.6 per cent from output recorded in 2013
AGCO, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and solutions, welcomed delegates from 11 countries attending the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions’ (SACAU) Young Agripreneurs Forum to its...
South Africa has exported its first batch of lychee to the USA in December 2015, said the country’s department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Bboxx, a next generation utility, has partnered with Geocoton Advens Group to facilitate access to clean energy for Burkina Faso and other African countries
AT A RECENT Ol Kalou Agricultural Fair, in Kenya’s Highlands, one stand elicited much interest to the local farming community. A recently introduced German dual purpose breed Fleckvieh became a...
According to a study published in the journal Foods, conducted under the leadership of Josep Peñuelas, CREAF and CSIC researcher, and Jordi Sardans, another CREAF researcher, with contributions from specialists...
On 19 December, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) marked 25 years of joint efforts towards more...
On 8 December, the Southern African Agri Initiative (SAAI) and the Transvaal Agricultural Union of South Africa (TLU SA) signed an agreement to broaden, deepen and strengthen cooperation between these...
In corn and grain processing, drying is one of the most expensive operations as minor variations in the raw material moisture can cause significant loss due to mycotoxins, shrinkage, and...
As advanced farming techniques are increasing in Africa, the use of cutting-edge agri-machinery for proper application of agrochemicals is helping farmers
Significant investment is needed to reduce lifecycle carbon impacts and redesigning is the opportunity to clean up plastic packaging as sector GHG emissions are predicted to rise 75%, says Woodmac
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A US$58mn deal between the two countries will revolutionalise Zimbabwe's agriculture industry, stated Zimbabwe's Honorary Consul to Belarus Alexander Zingman
The TROPICSAFE project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and coordinated by Professor Assunta Bertaccini, University of Bologna, Italy, studied three economically important insect-borne prokaryote-associated...
The UN said in a statement that monetary assistance would be needed to tackle the impact of drought in West Africa’s Sahel region
Although the fall armyworm attacks mostly maize plants, it may occasionally attack cotton, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, potatoes and groundnuts
Somalia has been a regular exporter of cattle to the UAE. (Image source: Missie26870/Pixabay)
