West African Heads of State and ministers affirmed their commitment to accelerate investments and reforms to make fertilisers more accessible and affordable, during the high-level roundtable jointly organised by the...
The Tea Research Institute of Tanzania (TRIT) in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will install automatic weather stations in all tea growing regions of Tanzania
AGCO, Your Agriculture Company, one of the leading manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipments across the globe, has launched the new AGCO Agribusiness Qualification (AAQ) at Strathmore University in Kenya
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has launched a first-of-its-kind vaccine to protect poultry from Infectious Laryngotracheitis, Marek’s Disease and Infectious Bursal Disease (classic and variant types)
Multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation Monsanto Company has announced that it will provide US$50 million to support sustained agricultural development and growth across Africa over the next ten years
Africa-wide task forces set up to accelerate delivery of rice technologies
Schauer Agrotronic has introduced the Strohmatic light 80 - the innovation of the year for littering and automatic, inexpensive distribution of organic enrichment in pig stables
A four-day conference backed by the United Nations was recently held in Ruweng Administrative Area, bringing together 80 representatives to have focused discussions on strengthening security, thereby ensuring a peaceful...
Gambia’s department of livestock services is targeting to vaccinate 700,000 chickens in an ongoing campaign against the New Castle Disease (NCD) that affects poultry countrywide
Neogen Corporation recently announced the launch of two new assays for the detection of natural toxins, Reveal Q+ for DON EndPoint and Reveal Q+ for Aflatoxin EndPoint
Kenya has launched a coffee branding initiative designed to boost its global coffee sales and help the industry regain its position as a top foreign exchange earner
The China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association (CIQA) and Fruit South Africa (FruitSA) signed an MoU to broaden fruit trade between two countries
The department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries (DAFF), South Africa, has released a statement on the status of the oriental fruit fly in the country
The 4th Commercial Farm Africa will highlight agribusiness opportunities in Africa’s commercial farming sector
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has piloted a project in three schools in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, providing 11,000 pounds or 5.5 tonnes of green beans, peas and broccoli
Technical and field trainings on resilient agriculture, water management and soil fertility management by Syndicate des Organisations Agricoles (SOA)-Mitsinjo has resulted in young farmers from Analamanga region of central Madagascar...
Nigeria on 24 August, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ghana Commodities Exchange (GCX), to strengthen the commodity trading ecosystem across Nigeria and Ghana
The Nigerian government has signed a MoU agreement with the Nigerian Agricultural Mechanisation and Equipment Leasing Company (NAMEL) and John Deere, to supply 10,000 tractors to the country’s smallholder farmers
MustGrow Biologics, an agriculture biotechnology company and Bayer, a multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company, have signed an exclusive agreement to evaluate the former's biological technologies to determine efficacy and...
New research has revealed that countries increasingly rely on introduced plants for food and need to cooperate to protect crop diversity