Swiss company sets up US$27m medicinal cannabis farm, processing plant in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commissioned a US$27 million Swiss Bioceuticals Limited Medicinal Cannabis Farm and Processing Plant in Mount Hampden, Mashonaland West Province.Speaking...
WACCI calls for strategic investments in seed systems
The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has called for strategic investments in the seed systems of six staple crops in Ghana for...
With innovation and technology, Brazil is on path to achieving food security
While many countries around the world continue to grapple with food insecurity amid rising population and urbanization, Brazil, the largest country in both South America and Latin...
At COP 15, IFAD calls for immediate long-term investments in land restoration and climate...
With land degradation gaining ground and affecting up to 40% of lands on Earth, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today called for...
AFEX tops agriculture and commodities list in FT’S rankings of Africa’s fastest-growing companies
AFEX, Nigeria's leading commodities market player and the country's first private sector commodities exchange, is proud to announce it has secured first place in...
Safeguarding the food safety and product quality of baby leaf vegetables at an indoor...
Harvesting daily in a high-rise building in Singapore, Sustenir Agriculture has enhanced product quality and reduced food waste by using a TOMRA optical sorting...
Nigeria top priority under African Development Bank Africa Emergency Food Plan
The head of the African Development Bank , Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday to discuss the impact of...
Zambia agro-company, partners sign MoU in 5-year US$21m project to increase chillies production
Amatheon Agri Holding N.V, a Euronext listed agribusiness and farming group has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a five-year...
Cote d’Ivoire: African Development Bank-supported Digital Platform will Support Women Farmers to Gain Access...
The platform is part of a UN Women project in Cote d’Ivoire to strengthen women’s agricultural resilience to climate change
Women farmers in Cote d’Ivoire...
SA needs R91m to help KZN farmers affected by floods
South Africa required R91 million to assist farmers in KwaZulu-Natal who were affected by the recent floods that extensively damaged crops, infrastructure, including bridges.According...