OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I, the emerging markets impact fund in Finland, has invested US$5mn in EthioChicken, an Ethiopian poultry company, to generate good jobs, improve food security and reduce poverty in Ethiopia
Livestock
FAO and EPA partner to improve productivity of poultry industry
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and the Egyptian Poultry Association (EPA), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further their partnership and provide support to improve the performance of the poultry industry
Microtech increases energy levels and nutrient digestibility in pigs
Microtech is a preparation of six phytase which makes phytate-bound phosphorus, that naturally occur in plant feed, and is available to animals
GI-OVO: improving egg transportation for African markets
Jacco Wagelaar, general manager of GI-OVO, speaks to African Farming on how the company is improving the egg industry in the region
Oxitec targets growing global cattle tick challenge
Oxitec, a developer of biological solutions to control pests that transmit disease, destroy crops and harm livestock, has announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a grant for a feasibility project to develop an Oxitec self-limiting solution for the disease-spreading cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus
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