Demand for food in sub-Saharan Africa will rise by 60 per cent by 2030, according to the World Bank
The Clinton Foundation and Africa Improved Foods (AIF) are helping to source soybeans from Malawi’s farming communities to the AIF market in Rwanda, supporting farmers’ livelihoods and strengthening local agricultural...
Roxell, one of the leading manufacturers of automated animal feeding, drinking, nesting and heating systems, has announced to expand its range of convection heaters for poultry houses with the Siroc...
In the recent Oxford Farming Conference’s (OFC) Bitesize series held in partnership with the Institute for Agriculture Management (IAgrM), the labour crisis and what farming’s future workforce might look like...
French food company Danone and US-based chocolate manufacturer Mars will invest US$120mn over the next decade in an investment fund aimed at increasing the productivity of smallholder farmers in Africa
Zanzibar has turned to Brazilian poultry suppliers as it attempts to narrow the gap between supply and demand in the islands
The International Plant Protection Convention has adopted standards on fumigation and six pests including Xylella fastidiosa and the oriental fruit fly
The 36th FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC36) started with a focus on improving nutrition, building resilient rural communities, optimising water management, green recovery initiatives, as well as...
Prodalim Resources, a global player in the beverage industry introduces Capsoil Foodtech, an innovative platform that converts bioactive oils into water-soluble powders
Capsoil Foodtech is developed with an aim to allow...
AGCO, Your Agriculture Company welcomed commercial and emerging farmers to its Zambia Crop Tour focused on educating growers to enhance crop yield through improved agronomy practices
SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS are considering concessions in the DR Congo, the Chinese have expressed interest in the biofuel potential of Angola’s run-down eucalyptus plantations, and the sovereign wealth funds of...
As humanitarian crisis spreads across the globe, leaving millions of people hungry in its wake, Trimble Agriculture on the occasion or World Food Day, extended their support through the donation...
Aviagen, along with its regional distributor, Ross Breeders Zambia, is continuing to invest in the African region to enhance its developing supply chain and its ‘global reach, local touch’ strategy,...
The European Union (EU) has donated motor vehicles and equipment worth US$600,000 to the Zimbabwean government to support four on-going EU funded projects coordinated by the Food and Agriculture (FAO)...
Symaga, specialised in the design, manufacture and marketing of galvanised steel silos for the storage of grain, has announced to maintain a continuous business plan to equip the company’s modern...
At the 2016 National Chocolate Day held at Krodua, Ghana, the deputy CEO of the Ghana Cocoa Board Dr Francis Oppong appealed to the custodians of traditional lands to release...
The Ethiopian government plans to lift ban on the export of local gluten-free grain teff
Nigeria’s government will from 2014 cut wheat imports by 20 per cent, saving more than US$800mn from its annual wheat imports bill of more than US$4bn, the country’s minister of...
FAO and parliamentarians from eastern Africa, together with Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and East African Community (EAC), have called for robust legislative frameworks and increased funding to intensify the...
Scientists have identified two genes which may help the fight against African animal trypanosomiasis, a sleeping sickness transmitted by tsetse fly