African and non-regional donors have pledged US$17mn to replenish the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund, an initiative which aims to provide food security and eliminate rural poverty on the continent
Valmont Industries, a provider of engineered products and services for infrastructure and irrigation equipment and services for agriculture, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prospera Technologies, a leading...
The Ghanaian government has launched a multi-million dollar project to resuscitate Ghana's cocoa industry, emphasising the importance of expanding the sector
A team of scientists from Rothamsted Research have successfully adapted genetic techniques developed for crop improvement to be used in weeds – allowing them, for the first time, to directly...
After disallowing import of US poultry, due to avian flu concerns, South Africa is set to resume importing chicken from the US
Meyn, the global manufacturer and distributor of equipment and systems for poultry processing industry, has launched Vent Cutter 240 for minimum yield loss with an exact drilling position and simple adjustment for...
Case IH and its Moroccan distributor, Hydrau Mac, showcased the brand’s wide offering of tractors and balers at SIAM 2018, the major international fair which took place in Meknès, Morocco...
Zambia, Ethiopia and Mozambique have invited Indian businessmen to invest in the agricultural industry
Tarak Lechkab, Area sales manager Africa at Desmet, a leading global provider of custom-engineered plants and equipment for the food, feed and biofuels industries, speaks to African Farming on the...
Italian agriculture holds a record: it is the most sustainable in the world
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced the recent disbursement of a loan to support expansion at Mali's leading mango processor, Centre d'Étude et de Développement Industriel...
Bayer and Yara International ASA (Yara) have entered into a software collaboration and technology license agreement to provide farmers worldwide with digital farming tools that help increase farm productivity, profitability...
On Earth Day 2022, the US Government reaffirmed its support for conservation law enforcement and sustainable forest management in the Niassa Special Reserve (NSR), Mozambique’s largest protected area
Insects can provide a sustainable and environmentally-friendly option for animal feed, in addition to already being a mainstay of human diets for two billion people worldwide, FAO assistant director-general Eduardo...
Olawale Tajudeen, the chairman of the Catfish Farmers' Association of Nigeria (CAFAN) has urged youth to engage in fish farming, calling it a 'lucrative business'
The Zambia Agricultural Commodities Exchange (Zamace) plans to resume trading in May, ending a nine-month suspension
Cranswick Poultry PLC (Cranswick) has joined forces with Marel Poultry to install 15,000 bph processing line at Cranswick’s new greenfield primary processing plant in Suffolk, the UK
After entering into a tripartite agreement with the government and the Namibian Development Corporation (NDC) for one of the oldest green scheme projects in the country 10 years ago, Tulio...
The Kagera regional commissioner (RC) Salim Kijuu has advised farmers in Kagera, Tanzania to use Robusta varieties that are resistant to coffee wilt disease (CWD) to improve their incomes
Ishida responds to demand for integrated and fully flexible tray packing line from a single source