While the vast majority of agritech companies are moving towards IoT, a significant proportion lack the staff and skills needed to take advantage of the technology, according to independent research commissioned by Inmarsat
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Rising temperatures put Africa’s rice production at risk
A new modelling study published today warns that the dry-season irrigated rice in West Africa’s Sahel region has reached the critical threshold of 37 degrees Celsius – the tipping point. Further temperature rise could devastate rice yields in this region due to decreasing photosynthesis at high temperatures
FAO and World Food Programme to assist farmers in Congo and Nigeria
The Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have stepped up efforts to assist farmers and alleviate hunger in Congo and Nigeria
ITFC finances US$128.83mn to develop Burkina Faso’s cotton sector
Jeddah-based International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) has signed a US$128.83mn Murabaha Financing Agreement to finance Burkina Faso 2017-2018 Cotton Season with SOFITEX as executing agent
Grain traders in East Africa buy low-cost Uganda maize
East Africa’s grain traders have started buying maize from Uganda at about half the international price, after a bounty harvest in the country