As mobile phones and improved connectivity spread across the world, open data is gaining its importance to solve issues from mapping Ebola to protecting banana crops in Africa, according to a report by Open Data Institute
Infrastructure
Nutriad launches new website
Belgium-based Nutriad has set-up a corporate website enabling customers to be kept informed about market trends, feed additives and to resolve other queries they may have
Kenyan research centre invests US$2mn to develop insect-based feed
Kenya-based research firm International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) has launched a project worth US$2mn to develop insect-based feed for fish and poultry farmers in Kenya and Uganda
USA grants US$20mn to support Kenyan livestock sector
The USA government announced that it will support the Kenyan livestock industry with US$20mn aid through its Kenya Semi-Arid Livestock Enhancement Support (K-SALES) project
Liquid Telecom Kenya to connect 25 agricultural centres with Internet
Liquid Telecom Kenya has installed fibre optic network worth US$4.5mn to connect 25 Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) centres with Internet to help aid its agricultural research purposes
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