Heifer International and the Rwanda Ministry of Agriculture have announced a partnership to invest more than US$10mn in livestock and training for 23,400 smallholder farming households
Livestock
Evonik introduces AMINODat 6.0 feed raw material database with new features
Evonik’s AMINODat 6.0 is a database for feed raw materials that is up to date at all times and more comprehensive than any other offer available to the feed industry
AgDevCo invests US$3mn into Uzima Chicken Ltd
AgDevCo has announced US$3mn follow-on mezzanine debt investment into Uzima Chicken Limited, a poultry company operating in Rwanda and Uganda
Scientists develop a safe, cheap technology for disinfection of packed eggs
Russian researchers have developed an inexpensive, safe, and reliable surface disinfection technology for packed eggs to kill bacteria and salmonella, on eggshells
Roslin Institute: Nutritional additive betaine strengthens chicken bones
A study led by scientists from the Roslin Institute has shown that bone quality in egg-laying hens benefits from a common feed supplement as well as from traits that help their skeletons store calcium