Ghana could add value to its bananas in order to earn enough foreign exchange rather than only concentrating on exporting the raw fruit just to meet the World Bank target...
As climate change is having a devastating impact on cereal crops, scientists at Heriot-Watt University have identified a gene responsible for drought resistance in barley which is thought to help...
Incubation equipment specialist, Petersime, recently published a scientific brochure on embryonic development
Nigeria’s government will from 2014 cut wheat imports by 20 per cent, saving more than US$800mn from its annual wheat imports bill of more than US$4bn, the country’s minister of...
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
Syngenta Seeds, in partnership with the University of Arkansas Resiliency Centre (UARC), has published research highlighting the potential for beef producers to reduce their environmental footprint by using Enogen corn...
The Sudanese government has announced it will cultivate 600,000 acres of wheat as it aims to cut importations of the crop, which have been setting the country back US$900mn annually
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has distributed a share of US$63mn to research companies in Africa to help them undertake projects aimed at boosting the continent's agricultural production
TSRgrow, one of the leading horticulture solutions providers, has announced Lighting as a Platform (LaaP), a revolutionary technology that delivers unparalleled results to indoor growers, while significantly reducing up-front and...
AGCO, Your Agriculture Company, is positioned to be the driving force in setting up an agribusiness in the community of Msinga, with an aim to develop a sustainable and prosperous...
CARE and Cargill have released a report titled ‘A Decade of Impact in Cocoa Communities: More than Ten Years of the CARE-Cargill Partnership’
AgDevCo has closed a US$3mn mezzanine loan with Minimex Limited, a maize milling company, in Rwanda
For the 2021 season, the four-row self-propelled potato harvester VENTOR 4150 will be equipped with some new practical features
A new breed of cattle introduced from South Africa late last year could change the fortunes of Kenya’s dairy farmers
Marel, a food processing company, has acquired PMJ, a global provider of advanced processing solutions for the duck industry
Meyn, the global poultry processing solutions provider, has announced that it will present several solutions for cut up and deboning, which is thought to be extended from 3,000 to 13,500...
The Kenyan government has reduced the prices of fertiliser by 25 per cent to increase usage as the planting season approaches
The Rainforest Alliance has set up a project to develop safe and accessible renewable energy sources to conserve Kenyan forests and ensure healthier smoke-free homes
Accelerated degradation of land and water resources, deforestation and biodiversity loss put Tanzania’s development goals at risk, according to a World Bank report
Ahead of the UN 2023 Water Conference, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) calls for accelerated investments to help small-scale farmers in developing countries access and manage increasingly scarce water...
South Africa is a major exporter of lychee to the EU and USA is now appearing to be a good market. (Image source: Hans/Pixabay)
