FAO has marked the International Day of Forests by announcing two new forestry education initiatives that aim to raise awareness among children and young people on the sustainable use and...
Africa is producing a growing number of young entrepreneurs who are adopting new ideas to bring more affordable, quality food from farm to fork
Agriculture has played a vital role in the growth of civilisations and industry in Africa but in modern times, agriculture is too often seen as a backward sector, particularly where...
Rwanda and Burundi have received a US$300,000 grant from the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) to scale up wheat production in the region
Agrotop, one of the leading global players in livestock turnkey projects, has announced to build a large-scale pullet and breeding farm for Agrited, Nigeria's leading supplier of poultry products
Zanaco Bank has provided US$117,000 to Zambia's agriculture sector as part of the bank’s continued commitment to supporting the industry
AGCO, Your Agriculture Company welcomed commercial and emerging farmers to its Zambia Crop Tour focused on educating growers to enhance crop yield through improved agronomy practices
International Finance Corporation (IFC) will provide financing to seven small hydropower plants (SHP) that will generate power for tea factories in Kenya
Radonova Laboratories has announced to launch a new detector that makes it safer and easier to monitor radon in soil
WWF and Tesco have published Driven to Waste, a new report that quantifies the total amount of food lost on farms globally, revealing that an estimated 2.5 billion tonnes of...
The president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has urged the world leaders attending the UN Food Systems Summit to take concrete actions to ensure small-scale farmers are paid decent...
Seed n Sow, a London-based startup, is empowering individuals to attain self-sufficiency with their organic, eco-friendly, non-GMO and pesticide-free vegetable and herb seeds
Côte d’Ivoire has been announced as the host of this year’s African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) (AGRF.org), hailed as premier continental agriculture gathering, to be held on 4-8 September 2017
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with Africa Lead has initiated an internship partnership network namely Entrepreneurial for Opportunity Actualization (EOpAct)
The Arusha Technical College (ATC) has requested financial support from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UK's Department for International Development (DfID) to implement some of its key agricultural projects
The global poultry market is expected to grow from US$310.7bn in 2020 to US$322.55bn in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.8%, according to a report by...
Feeding of livestock accounts for approximately 70% of the total cost of production and energy is the most expensive nutrient, so anything that can reduce this cost will be attractive...
African agriculture, education and finance members see a strong African commitment to agricultural programmes as critical to unlocking European aid
Konnect Africa, the Eutelsat-owned satellite broadband service provider, has introduced SmartWIFI, a new hotspot service, as part of its initiative to bring digital opportunities to the Africans, particularly rural people...
Roxell is expanding its Fidos range for electronic sow feeding
African governments wants to increase crop production by mechanisation as farming in the continent becomes commercially focused. (Image source: werktuigendagen)
