Kenya to restart khat exports to Somalia after two years
Kenya is set to restart exporting khat to Somalia. This is after Somalia has agreed to lift a ban on air freighting khat from...
SAAI launches new scholarship: National Certificate in Plant Production – Cannabis & Hemp
As the cannabis and hemp industries are gathering momentum in South Africa, it is important to ensure that opportunities are offered to those less...
FAO ramps up support to hard-hit Sudan farmers
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is scaling up operations in Sudan, where 10.9 million people, 30% of the population, are expected to need...
European Investment Bank to Support Increased Rice Production in Liberia
Rice sector investment to improve food security and create jobs; Feasibility study to outline investment to reduce dependency on rice imports; EIB and EU...
Lesotho farmers record harvest drive improvements in household food, income access
As the harvest is fully established across much of Lesotho, households are accessing food from their own production.However, Stressed (IPC Phase 2) outcomes are...
Kimitec’s MAAVi Innovation Center Announces Agreement with Bayer
MAAVi Innovation Centre of Kimitec, Europe's largest research centre focused on natural agriculture and one of the world's largest natural technology hubs for food...
European Commission President urges EU to step up food production in Africa
The European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen has called for the European Union and Africa to step up efforts on food production, including...
Advancing Automation Technology Could Help Vertical Farms Achieve Profitability, Finds IDTechEx
IDTechEx has recently released “Vertical Farming 2022-2032”, a market research report exploring the technology and market factors of the vertical farming industry, which has...
FG, IFAD, disburse agro inputs in Nigeria to boost rice production
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria have disbursed agro-inputs to sustain rice production in to enhance...
Farmers Increasing Their Crop Yield with Artificial Intelligence
The demand for agricultural products is surging in countries such as Brazil, India, the U.S., and China due to the rapid urbanization, surging disposable...