Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Dutch Rabobank Foundation will expand their collaboration after two years of successful initiatives in three countries in East Africa
Esri, a specialist in location intelligence, has announced that Egyptian partner Quality Standards for Information Technology (QSIT) has implemented the crop mapping and field boundary detection solution for the Agricultural...
Methionine has always been, and will remain, the first limiting amino acid for efficient poultry production, be it for meat or eggs
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 global fertiliser market is going to worth more than US$93.9bn by 2027, according to the Global Fertilizer Market by Segments, Region, Company Analysis & Forecast’ report by ResearchAndMarkets
Kemin Industries, a specialist ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80% of the world with its products and services, has recently launched...
Tanzania’s minister for Livestock and Fisheries Mashimba Ndaki has urged people to consider putting money into the aquaculture sector, in order to increase raw materials for the country's fish processing...
The board of directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in Abidjan has approved a loan of US$63.38mn to Senegal to implement the Agropole-Centre agro-industrial processing zone project
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture is pulling the plug on three Chinese companies conducting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in West Africa
A new African Centre of Excellence for sustainable cooling and cold chain based in Rwanda will help get farmers’ produce to market quickly and efficiently – reducing food waste, boosting...
A workshop focusing on plant biosecurity awareness and two video clips in English and Mauritian Creole on the topic, were launched by the Attorney General, Minister of Agro-Industry and Food...
East Africa’s grain traders have started buying maize from Uganda at about half the international price, after a bounty harvest in the country
AGCO will further develop its Challenger farm machinery business, a part of AGCO’s global strategy program, in Africa for the expansion of this leading brand in the African region
Welland Power, a family company nearly 70 years old has succeeded in getting on the list for the second time running
After years of steady decline, child labour in agriculture has started to rise again in recent years, threatening efforts to end global hunger and poverty, according to FAO as it...
Proplasa, a subsidiary of Grupo GEPP, a Mexican bottling company, has installed flexible packaging machines from Italian manufacturer Amut
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a report seeking to empower women to take the lead in agribusiness
The Atebubu and Wiase Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) Living Lab is offering a more resilient food system, greater income and the opportunity to restore nature to farmers living in the...
The bankers committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have decided to grant US$1.2bn to Nigeria’s agriculture sector by supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
Ore Koren, a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota in Political Science and a pre-doctoral fellow at the Dickey Center at Dartmouth College, talks to Ebin Gheevarghese, Editor, African...
Some farmers in Nigeria have said that the agricultural loan programme would not benefit them as funding would never reach them. (Image source: MikeBlyth)
