African Development Bank supports small livestock farmers in Zambia to adapt to climate change
The Climate Resilient Livestock Management Project, implemented by the African Development Bank in Zambia between 2017 and 2022, has helped to equip small livestock...
USAID to invest $100M in supporting youth in agribusiness initiative in Tanzania
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is set to invest up to $100m (Sh250bn) in supporting the Tanzanian government’s Building a Better Youth...
COP28: Kenya Agriculture Innovators join $13B UAE-US govt co-led initiative, the Agriculture Innovation Mission...
By Zablon Oyugi
Kenya and Pan-Africa based Innovation partners will be joining the $13bn UAE-US government co-led initiative, the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM...
Uganda unveils e-animal identification system to ease livestock tracking
The government of Uganda in collaboration with Makerere University has launched an electronic livestock identification and traceability system, an innovative system designed to track...
2023 Ashden Awards – African climate solutions lead the way in clean energy, nature...
Africa was centre stage in the 2023 Ashden Awards with four of the five global South winners being African low carbon innovators and one...
Agriculture defies the odds with a 10% y/y increase in jobs during Q3 of...
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB Commercial
Today’s update on the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) data from Statistics South Africa confirmed the resilience...
Tanzania develops four drought resistant coffee varieties
The Tanzania Coffee Research Institute (TaCRI) announced it has developed four drought resistant coffee varieties.
Seeds of the newly-discovered Arabica varieties will be released to...
RoboBatcher robotic packing of chicken tenders
Until now, in those markets where chicken tenders (aka tenderloins or inner fillets) are sold on trays for supermarkets, these packs have been put...
Better Cotton Expands in West Africa with New Côte d’Ivoire Programme
Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, has announced the opening a new programme in Côte d'Ivoire and committed to supporting 200,000 domestic...
Topcon expand agriculture offering at Agritechnica
Topcon Agriculture will showcase its latest innovations at Agritechnica 2023, the world’s foremost trade fair for agricultural machinery. The event, scheduled from November 12-18,...