OlsAro closes €5m seed investment to scale climate-resilient cereal genetics
OlsAro, the Swedish AgTech company developing climate-resilient cereal genetics, has raised €5 million in seed funding to develop its SeedAX platform and bring its...
Turning Dairy Processing Residuals into Resources for Healthier Soils
By Dr. John Abel :Circular Byproduct Management GroupThe food system depends on productive soil, yet manufacturing leaves behind organic materials that never reach a...
“Green Manure” Insulates Kenya’s Family Farmers from Higher Fertilizer Costs
Regenerative agriculture—rebuilding the soil’s organic matter to improve soil health and reduce water and chemical inputs—is gaining ground among farmers around the world. Even...
Making Precision Agriculture Work for Smallholder Farmers Through Shared Services
How shared drone mapping and advisory services can support African smallholders, who pays for delivery, and what determines whether the service provides sufficient value...
Know your moisture before the silo does
As harvest season gets under way across Southern Africa, wheat and barley are coming off the lands, baling season is starting, and the tobacco...
Roxell encourages African poultry producers to Invest in automation as industry expands
As demand for poultry meat and eggs continues to rise across Africa, Belgian poultry equipment specialist Roxell is encouraging producers to embrace automation to...
Why crop resilience is becoming as important as yield
As weather extremes become more frequent, the measure of a successful crop is increasingly not only what it can produce under ideal conditions, but...
Livestock vaccination campaign aims to protect 9.8 million animals in Sudan
A nationwide livestock vaccination campaign targeting 9.8 million animals is expected to help protect the livelihoods of 1.2 million livestock-owning households in Sudan as...
20 Years of Ownership and Initiative: Q&A with ADM’s Matthias Vogelsang, Animal Nutrition President...
Matthias Vogelsang recently took on the role of Animal Nutrition President for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. He has been with ADM...
South Africa Has Enough Food. What It Lacks Is Affordable Nutrition.
Many South Africans families may have enough to eat but not enough money to eat well. Johannesburg: Cheap, highly processed food is often more accessible...