Global food commodity prices fell in July for the second consecutive month, according to a United Nations report
Jane Karuku, president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has been selected for a new high-level panel, which aims to make governments and the global community...
A new report by Lux Research, ‘Demystifying Food Traceability and Transparency’, aims to provide much-needed clarity to the subject of the significance of implementing traceability and transparency tools for agrifood...
Gerd de Lange, senior poultry specialist, Pas Reform Academy, has outlined the ways to ensure correct orientation of the eggs when placing them on setter trays
Ishida Europe has appointed Melika Seiderer as general sales manager of the company’s South African office
Countries from the Indian Ocean Islands and East Africa met on Mahe Island in Seychelles on 27-28 June 2017, to discuss the fisheries transparency initiative (FiTI) for developing strategies to...
Nigeria’s agriculture sector is set to benefit from government reform plans and investments that will aim to stimulate growth within the production chain and create millions of jobs
Cows produce more than 4% of the global greenhouse gas emissions by releasing methane gas, which is more than twice as much emission as all the world’s airplanes
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has announced that abalone poaching will be reclassified as a serious priority crime, with the related crime of an organised nature being considered a...
The Namibian Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has started the process to determine a new mechanism for allocating fishing quotas to all right holders by January 2016
A sericulture research centre has been established at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation in Thika
The African Development Fund (ADF) is facilitating rapid rollout of development projects and continues to transform and sustain lives to provide a concessional buffer to needy economies on the continent
Poultry Africa is ready to kick-off in less than two months and leading suppliers from Europe, Asia, Middle East, America and Africa will showcase the best in poultry products and...
Naïo Technologies, an expert in agricultural robotics solutions, and VARTA, a specialist in innovation and key battery technology, have collaborated to create an autonomous transportable charging station for robots to...
Jürgen Skowaisa, product manager Radar at VEGA Grieshaber KG in Schiltach, Germany, speaks about their new series of sensors
The Nigerian federal government has ordered super-stores operators in the country to withdraw all genetically modified (GM) products from their shelves within the next seven days or face sanctions from...
The Hershey Company says it will invest US$10mn in Côte d'Ivoire to reduce child labour and improve the cocoa supply in the West African nation
Zoomlion Heavy Machinery Co. Ltd, Chinese manufacturer of construction machinery and sanitation equipment, has revealed plans to strengthen agricultural cooperation between China and Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Forum (WFF) have launched the WFF’s first-ever cohort of the Young Scientists Group