As Nigeria looks to restructure its economy to be more diversified and sustainable, agro-processing is emerging as a key tool to improve agricultural value added while also bolstering the sector’s...
Case IH’s new ActiveDrive 8 version of its latest Maxxum Multicontroller tractor range has been awarded the Machine of the Year title for 2018 at Agritechnica
The federal government of Nigeria has said that in the last three years, the country has been leading globally in the production of yam, palm oil, cassava, maize and rice
The Ugandan poultry industry is facing huge losses due to the import of cheap meat from Brazil
The Attorney General, minister of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Maneesh Gobin has said that the Mauritius Government still encourages local food production through natural means
IFC and FMO have announced a loan worth US$50mn for small and medium-sized enterprises in Kenya
Lake Harvest Group, an integrated aquaculture company from Africa, will receive a US$7mn investment from Aqua-Spark and Norfund, to contribute towards the growth of the company’s operations in Zimbabwe, Zambia...
In an alert released on 14 July 2017, FAO stated that poor rainfall across the east African countries worsened hunger and left crops scorched, pastures dry and thousands of livestock...
The UN has warned that East Africa remains under the threat of desert locust invasions, due to the prevailing favourable breeding conditions which enable new swarms to form and increase
Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Arab Republic of Egypt Sergei Terentiev held a comprehensive meeting with the chairman of the Board of the Egyptian...
A new genomics marker tool has been able to accurately identify tilapia species and tell apart their hybrids, providing a novel resource to help develop aquaculture and empower conservation in...
As Rainforest Alliance announces the winners of the international Ag-Tech Developer Challenge, the innovations of the winners will be further developed and piloted with cocoa farmers in Ghana in the...
The Nigerian government has approved a loan facility of US$1.2bn to finance the mechanisation of agriculture in the country, according to Sabo Nanono, minister of agriculture and rural development
VST, power tillers and tractors manufacturer, has published a case study, aiming to study the field performance of VST products in the paddy fields of Nigeria
African farmers are now being urged to go digital to help tackle several poultry-related challenges that are keeping the industry from performing to its full potential
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has distributed avocado and banana seedlings in Kenya’s Muranga County, contributing to the region’s struggle against poverty, strengthening institutions and regional agriculture
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is contributing to renewed calls for an end to child labour in agriculture, at the 5th ‘Global Conference on the...
By strengthening the local workforce in Africa, Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) have created a niche for themselves in the continent, says Shipra Tripathi, head of Corporate Global Marketing and Communications...
Almost a million people across East Africa will be supported by new UK funding in response to one of the worst droughts in the region for decades and unprecedented flooding