Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture raises Series B funding round for international growth
Kenyan startup Apollo Agriculture, a commercial farming platform that helps small-scale farmers maximise their profits, has raised a US $40 million Series B funding...
Tanzania to embark on avocado commercial farming in Bukoba
The government of Tanzania has announced plans to embark on avocado commercial farming in Bukoba District.
Bukoba District Agricultural and Livestock Development Officer (DALCO), Mr...
Higher cost outlook for agriculture as the SARB lifts interest rates for the second...
Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-Business
The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB’s) continued its monetary policy normalisation with a further hike...
IFAD-funded project to combat climate change, increase staple food production and enhance Bolivia’s food...
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Bolivia have signed a financing agreement that initiates the implementation of the...
Crop Research Platform established to promote all crop-related research
With the increase in population and the decrease in agricultural land, it is important to provide . However, crop production is facing many challenges,...
Growing illegal urban farming worsening Harare’s environment
Growing illegal urban farming in Harare, Zimbabwe continues to compromise the capital's environmental integrity, the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) has said.
It said unsustainable illegal...
“A revolution is building,” AfDB Group President, Akinwumi A. Adesina tells women leaders’ conference
African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina told women at a conference in Pretoria that they are part of a revolution that...
GEA launches new freezing system ProEdge Drive at IFFA
From May 14 to 19, GEA will launch the new spiral freezer GEA ProEdge Drive at IFFA (in Frankfurt/Germany, Hall 8, booth G20), the...
Nigeria launches Africa’s largest fertilizer plant
Nigeria has launched the largest fertilizer plant in Africa. President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the dubbed Dangote Fertilizer Plant and said he hopes the facility...
Zimbabwe wheat farmers target 400 000 tonnes to ease imports
Zimbabwe is targeting 400 000 tonnes of wheat this season after the country, which perennially imported the grain due to shortages, registered a 36%...