The African Union Commission, together with the African Union’s Development Agency, AUDA-NEPAD, and OCP Group has strengthened their partnership to support the development of the African agricultural sector through the...
Real IPM, Biobest’s subsidiary in Kenya, has announced to be one of three collaborators in a project to improve rice production in Tanzania by developing innovative microbe-based methods to manage...
Western Cape Department of Agriculture and the Deciduous Fruit Development Chamber of South Africa (DFDC-SA) has handed over 10,000 fruit parcels to the NGO Gift of the Givers, to be...
Dr Lisbeth Riis, founder and CEO at Scarab Solutions, has explained how the cut flower industry can significantly benefit by replicating the principles of digital mapping of pests and diseases...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has announced to provide new technologies to African farmers, aiming to transform agricultural production
The presence of weaver ants can increase cashew nut yields by up to 150 per cent, say researchers
The South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC) need to effectively respond to the aspirations and needs of the coastal States of the region, according to the UN Food and...
A study conducted by WaterAid Ghana, a water and sanitation focused organisation, has revealed that erratic and increasing volumes of rainfall caused by climate change is adversely affecting agriculture production in Northern...
Uganda farmers have expressed concern over dropping sales of broiler chicken and other poultry products
De Heus Animal Nutrition has successfully held the groundbreaking ceremony for its new state-of-the-art aquafeed plant in Njeru, near Jinja
Agricultural equipment manufacturer Case IH, supply-chain specialist Toyota Tsusho East Africa and Toyota Tanzania sponsored an agricultural event in Tanzania to support the agribusiness sector in East Africa
On 9 December, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in Abidjan approved US$73.81mn to finance the Sudan Emergency Wheat Production Project under the Bank’s African Emergency...
Specim Spectral Imaging Ltd has launched the world’s first mobile hyperspectral camera, Specim IQ, to analyse material samples in industries ranging from food and health to forensic investigation, recycling, art...
The Roslin Institute has received strategic investment funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and it is part of the University of Edinburgh’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary...
Urgent action is required to control a major outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease and prevent its spread throughout North Africa and the Middle East
The 2013 range of Master Driers, which incorporate a range of new features, have been unveiled by Master Farm Services
Zimbabwe will host its first traditional and organic food festival at the Botanic Gardens in Harare on 7 December 2013
On 4 November, Administrator Samantha Power signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to renew...
With the global population estimated to reach eight billion people by 2025, feeding the population while conserving the forest and wildlife reserves remains a growing challenge
In an attempt to ensure food security, the Association of Northern Agricultural and Allied Commodities Practitioners (ANAACOP) has partnered with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to launch the farmers' programmable money agro e-Naira