The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been announced as the global development partner for the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA)
Zimbabwe’s TN Bank has announced it has begun accepting cattle as collateral for cash loans
Unveiled at Husker Harvest Days, the prototype ZR5 self-propelled baler promises to make quick work of any field while offering unprecedented ride quality and maneuverability
The Wageningen University’s Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge aims to maximise the yield and quality of his crop while minimising the use of resources, to save costs
The Dangote Sugar Refinery PLC (DSR) has completed acquisition of the Savannah Sugar Company Ltd in a merger and acquisitions process
The 2nd edition of African Farming's Agroinvestment Summit is all set to be held from 3-4 December 2018 at the Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria
Ireland has launched a new partnership worth US$1.14mn with Trademark East Africa to facilitate increased trade and improve income opportunities within Tanzania’s agriculture sector
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced last week that the import into and sale within Hong Kong of raw oysters harvested in...
Government representatives from Rwanda and the UK have joined the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to sign a Statement of Cooperation at COP27 to help accelerate the scaling up of innovative...
Real GDP growth in Africa is resilient despite global uncertainty, with small business, manufacturing and agriculture main focus of increased lending, according to the European Investment Bank (EIB)
The Western Cape standing committee on Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning will meet the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning on September 14 to continue its discussion on the submissions...
Wheat rust, a family of fungal diseases that can cause crop losses of up to 100 percent in untreated susceptible wheat, is making further advances in Europe, Africa, and Asia,...
A loan of US$89.4mn from the World Bank has been granted by the bank's board of executive directors to help improve food security and increase farm productivity in Mozambique, Malawi...
Moët Hennessy, the wines and spirits division of the LVMH Group, and ChangeNOW, announce their partnership within the context of the World Living Soils Forum, an international event dedicated to...
Lake Kivu is witnessing higher fish stocks following a temporary ban on fishing in the lake, according to the Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB)
The AfDB has approved US$10mn equity investment in Phatisa Food Fund2 (PFF2) to boost agriculture and nutrition across Africa
South Africa’s February 2018 budget is set to attract both the regional as well as international businesses and industry leaders
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have adopted new fisheries partnership with Morocco including Western Sahara, which aims to sets fishing opportunities for EU vessels and promote sustainable fishing policy...
Olam Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Singapore-based leading food and agri-business Olam International, is training more than 8,000 cocoa farmers in Ondo State to help them improve cocoa crop yields
Algenex SL and animal health company Virba have entered into an international licensing agreement for the development and commercialisation of a CrisBio-based vaccine in a major swine indication
The new Thomas empowers pig farmers to create reliable and efficient feeding processes. (Image source: Hotraco Agri)
