Eni and Societè National de Distribution des Petroles AGIL SpA (SNDP) have signed an MoU to cultivate castor at a semi-industrial level to produce sustainable biofuels, which is being trialled by Eni in the Gafsa area
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Continental discusses digital farming future with Dr Arno Ruckelshausen
Continental spoke with field robotics researcher Professor Arno Ruckelshausen from Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences at the Agritechnica, one of the leading global trade fairs for agricultural technology
Smart irrigation controllers to see rapid growth in coming years
Smart irrigation has been benefitted with the advent of Internet of Things (IoT), thus pushing the growth of smart irrigation controllers market at a global level, according to Persistence Market Research
AgriProtein completes sequencing of black soldier fly genome
Fly-farmer and insect technology pioneer AgriProtein and the South African National Bioinformatics Institute at the University of the Western Cape have sequenced the genome of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) across both sexes and strains originating from Kenya and South Africa
Al Sumait Prize for African Development announces joint winners for US$1mn award
The Board of Trustees of the Al Sumait Prize for African Development has decided to jointly award the Million Dollar 2019 Prize in the field of food security to The Africa Rice Centre and Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA)
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