Andre Laperrière, executive director of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), has highlighted the importance to adopt new technologies for efficient as well as environmentally-friendly farming practices
With the launch of the Economic Stimulus Program (EPS) two years ago to boost food security and spur long-term development in rural areas, fish farming has become a major beneficiary...
At VICTAM International 2019 trade fair, Bühler is showcasing solutions for the entire feed value chain, with a special focus on how to use digital services to make the feed...
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is adopting a new policy to provide support services, farming products and inputs to the cocoa farmers through their registered cooperatives
Moba, a company that produces high-quality integrated systems for the grading, packaging and processing of eggs for consumption, has announced the collaboration between Moba and Meggson, to serve the market...
BBC Technologies, part of TOMRA Food, and one of the leading providers in turnkey solutions for sorting, packing and optimising small fruit, has introduced new Tray Tipper, which automates delivery...
How to help African farmers utilise GM crops to boost yields
The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) member states, in partnership with WHO, OIE and FAO, has organised a two-day workshop to come up with an antimicrobial resistance (AMR) strategy
Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe have earned US$4.9mn after the sale of 2.5mn kg of flue-cured tobacco since the season started last week
Pöttinger has appointed Manfred Holler as the new head of sales for overseas, CIS and southern Europe
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) are call on all nations and partners to join forces to keep...
Tongaat-Hulett has launched a project to support small-scale sugar farmers in Mozambique
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has trained more than 100 grape growers and processors in Dodoma Region to manage the crop in its value chain and boost value in the...
The government of Rwanda and Howard G Buffett Foundation have signed a US$24mn partnership deal to fund the development of irrigation infrastructure in Kirehe district in the country’s Eastern Province
Bayer have signed an MoU with AGCO to launch an agricultural development project in Zambia
Two thirds (63 per cent) of survey-respondents of a global survey of seafood consumers have called for ‘radical’ or ‘significant’ change to feed the world’s growing population, expressing widespread concern...
Mepron is concentrated, time-based release minipellet that features a solid core of DL-methionine, an essential amino acid
The South African government has announced new guidelines for the production and sale of poultry meat last week
The attorney general, minister of Agro-Industry and Food Security Maneesh Gobin launched a one-day workshop on the Apiculture Project titled ‘Alternative Livelihoods for Food and Income Security in the four...
The Solitair 9+ Duo is scheduled for January 2022. (Image source: Lemken)
