Flourishing livestock and animal industry has catalysed demand for animal feed probiotics
The 32nd session of FAO's Regional Conference for Africa (ARC32) is going to held from 11-14 April to define regional priorities in agrifood systems transformation
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed protocols to disburse a US$14mn grant to the government of South Sudan to boost agricultural markets in a project to be implemented by...
The Ghanaian government is working on a proposal to provide funding to Ghana's poultry industry to reduce the cost of imports
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) project to support the employability and integration of young people in growth sectors (PAEIJ-SP) in Togo has helped create 35,000 jobs in agricultural SMEs
Scientists have revealed a new set of detailed genetic markers and information for African cattle that provide heat and drought tolerance, control of inflammation and tick infestation, and resistance to...
China has donated US$280,033 to upgrade the infrastructure of Hardap Inland Aquaculture Centre (HIAC) in Namibia
Nigerian firm Kennie-O Cold Chain Logistics from Kwarah State was crowned champion of the first Africa edition of the Scaling Up Nutrition Pitch Competition held at the Nutrition Africa Investor...
A US$3bn irrigation project has been launched in Kenya’s Coastal region, Galana-Kulalu to increase food security in the country
Kenyan President William Ruto said the Government has prioritised the construction and expansion of dams to rebuild agriculture
Nigeria has unveiled National Cotton, Textile and Garment (CTG) Policy and plans to increase the country’s raw cotton production from 200,000 tonnes in 2003 to 500,000 tonnes by the end...
Tanzania has launched an agricultural development bank with the government pledging to raise US$380mn over the next eight years
Zambian company Goldenlay Agri Limited is planning to build a poultry processing plant in Luanshya for US$560,000
Case IH and its South African distributor, Northmec, will showcase the brand’s full line of agricultural solutions at Nampo 2018, one of the most important equipment exhibitions in Africa
Wärtsilä has been contracted to deliver the ship design for a new processing and transportation vessel to be built at the Balenciaga shipyard in Spain on behalf of Hav Line...
Owing to their common objective, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari on behalf of the Federal Government with Cuba, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I, the emerging markets impact fund in Finland, has invested US$5mn in EthioChicken, an Ethiopian poultry company, to generate good jobs, improve food security and...
Heifer International joined forces with Canadian charity, Mastercard Foundation to expand access to agribusiness opportunities for more 250,000 youth in Uganda
Ma’aden will acquire an 85 per cent stake in the Mauritius-based Meridian Group, a move in which Ma’aden is set to extent its network of operations across southern Africa, from...
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and the Egyptian Poultry Association (EPA), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further their partnership and provide support...