Ethiopia has embarked on an ambitious tree-planting programme and planted more than 350 million trees in a day
Zimbabwe’s government has advised farmers in drought stricken regions to consider selling some of their unproductive cattle to raise money to buy supplementary feeds
ICRC and Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) provided seeds and farming tools to 42,000 people who were affected by the ethnic conflict that occurred between Gumuz and Oromo ethnic groups...
The latest Cadre Harmonisé food security analysis shows that more than 35 mn people (including 6.7 mn children) in the region are currently unable to meet their basic food and...
LEMKEN, a specialist for professional arable farming, has partnered with the agricultural soil preparation, drilling and fertilisation solutions provider Sulky Burel
Agricultural technology manufacturer LEMKEN has introduced the new OptiStone automatic overload protection for its Juwel, Diamant and Titan ploughs
Ghana has received US$53.8mn to improve and ensure sustainable management of the country’s fisheries and aquaculture sector
Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals and Toyo Engineering have awarded KBR a contract for the Train 2 ammonia plant at Indorama's Port Harcourt site
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) is donating US$1.02mn to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to tackle massive...
Freudenberg Filtration Technologies offers cabin air filters of all categories to ensure that necessary precautions are taken in keeping with the European norm EN 15695
FAO has launched a massive livestock restocking campaign, targeting vulnerable youth and women in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno State
The board of directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a US$11.7mn budgetary allocation to the African Fertiliser Financing Mechanism (AFFM) on 16 May for its 2023 operations
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....
A new initiative that will make food more accessible to the poor will strengthen food security across South Africa, the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestries and Fisheries has announced
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched a US$13.8mn Seed Farmer Market Consumer (SeFaMaCo) programme to improve banana production in East African countries by developing higher-yielding, disease-resistant varieties
Rwanda is depending on its horticulture sector to fetch export returns worth around US$140mn annually by the end of the decade
Farming inputs supplier, Mea, is constructing a US$16mn fertiliser plant in Nakuru, Kenya
The Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) has announced that the price of a 50kg bag of clean coffee has climbed from US$125 to US$240
Farm Radio Trust, a long-term partner of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Malawi, is using radio and other channels such as a dedicated hotline and texting, to share weather...
Imara Private Equity, a division of Imara Holdings, has sourced, structured and invested US$4.5m on behalf of a European family office client, into Zambezi Berry Company (ZBC)