Farmers can now optimise chicken nutrition with new mobile app that helps them save money and improve profits
The EU, along with development organisation Solidaridad West Africa, launched the Liberia Cocoa Sector Improvement Programme (LICSIP) to help cocoa farmers in Liberia
The German Agricultural Society (DLG) has announced the winners of its new innovation award scheme ‘DLG-Agrifuture Concept Winner’ which recognises pioneering achievements in agricultural technology
Irrigation in Africa is witnessing a transformation as companies are coming up with alternatives to traditional irrigational systems.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Sierra Tropical Limited (STL) have signed an MoU during the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development
The Nigerian government has launched Fertiliser Control Act 2019 to protect the agricultural chain players, manufacturers, producers, blenders, importers, distributors and end-users, thus boosting the economy
The Ethiopian authorities, together with WFP and other partners, are struggling to address the hunger crisis in the country as WFP urgently needs US$579mn to deliver food aid and livelihood...
Case IH, through its local distributor Northmec, recently delivered the first units of a fleet of 138 tractors and four sprayers to South African clients Pieter Van Zyl,...
Hazera, the vegetable seed company, has had a long history of breeding cucumbers and has made game-changing improvements in cucumber genetics
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Morocco and two of the UK’s leading agricultural research institutions Rothamsted Research and Cranfield University have announced an international academic partnership
Smith Power Equipment has announced the introduction of the Kubota RA2072, a new double rotor rake that is set to usher in a new era in swathing
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is investing US5$mn in Rwanda to support modern farming in Nyaruguru district
Fact.MR evaluates demand for mulching material to surge from horticulture farms and lawn gardens
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Crédit Agricole du Maroc (CAM) have signed a US$233mn loan agreement to boost support for Moroccan agricultural and bio-economic businesses with a particular focus...
The revamped Presidential Rural Poultry Scheme in Zimbabwe will see as many as 3 million households receiving 10 indigenous poultry chicks each, as part of a targeted empowerment programme
The government of South Africa has delivered 356,000 doses of foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccines in its southern province districts
RussKap Water, the world leader in Atmospheric Water Generation (AWG) technology on 15 August, announced its strategic acquisition of Envonics, a leading provider of precision agriculture solutions
Although the fall armyworm attacks mostly maize plants, it may occasionally attack cotton, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, potatoes and groundnuts
One of the world’s top five shrimp producers, Grupo Almar recently announced a joint multi-year partnership with nutrition, health, and beauty innovators, dsm-firmenich, committing to measure and improve the company’s...
While agriculture accounts for about 40 per cent of its national GDP, Nigeria produces only a small portion of the fertiliser consumed by its farmers; that is about to change