FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has welcomed a US$18mn contribution from Germany to provide assistance to those directly affected by the desert locust upsurge in East Africa
The 11th session of Sudan Poultry Expo (SPE) will be held from 25-27 February 2020 at Khartoum International Fair Ground
The Karat 10 three-beam cultivator is now entering the market in extensive mounted and semi-mounted versions
Thirteen small- and medium-sized businesses from Africa and the Middle East have won the “Good Food for All” competition, held in conjunction with the UN Food Systems Summit
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$10mn grant from the Green Climate Fund, for which the bank is the accredited agency, to improve Liberia’s early warning weather systems
Researchers at the Kenya-based International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), in collaboration with colleagues from Germany, have for the first time decoded the chemical signals that attract the...
PÖTTINGER has launched MULTILINE, its new concept in drilling technology that brings together a compact disc harrow or stubble cultivator with a seed drill, providing a cost-effective, high-performance mulch drilling...
The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) has developed two cotton seed varieties to boost production of the crop and the revival of the textile sub-sector in the country
Ghana has received US$53.8mn to improve and ensure sustainable management of the country’s fisheries and aquaculture sector
South African poultry producer Astral Foods has announced the launch of its new Mozpintos broiler hatchery in Mozambique
Plans have been put in place to double the number of Nigerian farmers with crop insurance
The US has launched a US$19mn, five-year agribusiness financing plan targeting Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania
Africa needs to focus on improving its agro-industrialisation, which is important to transforming the cocoa value chain, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB)
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a comprehensive guide on the integrated pest management of the FAW on maize
The African Development Bank will continue its support for an environmental initiative to protect the shrinking Lake Chad, a source of water to millions of people in central and West...
Unveiled at Husker Harvest Days, the prototype ZR5 self-propelled baler promises to make quick work of any field while offering unprecedented ride quality and maneuverability
Smallholder farmers in West Africa provided more than 80 per cent of the region's food needs, but faced challenges such as low application of technology and unremunerative markets, according to...
The impact of the war in Ukraine is worsening the devastating food crisis for millions of people in the Horn of Africa, Islamic Relief, a humanitarian agency, has warned
BASF has launched a campaign titled ‘Farming, the Biggest Job on Earth’ to address the growing demand for food on dwindling land
On 16 February, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), represented by its President Alvaro Lario, and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), together with the...
The aim is to provide sustainable poultry system worldwide. (Image source: Ralph/Pixabay)
