EU, FAO handover new Water and Land Information Management Centre to Somalia
The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially handed over the new Information Management Centre (IMC)...
Coffee pest, diseases invade Uganda
The government of Uganda has confirmed three strange pests and diseases that affect coffee plants, leaves and berries following reports from different farmers across...
Uganda rolls out rules for unprocessed agricultural imports, exports
The government of Uganda has rolled a number of rules required unprocessed agricultural imports and exports for personal cargo
Travellers carrying unprocessed foods through Entebbe...
GEA expands capacities at Ahaus Test Center with two new modules
GEA is expanding capacity at its in-house test center in Ahaus, Germany, by adding two more modules to its technology offering. With this addition,...
Mali suspends grain exports indefinitely
The government of Mali has indefinitely suspended exports of rice, maize and other grains to protect its national food supply.
Minister Mohamed Ould Mahmoud made...
Denmark commits millions to vulnerable farmers through IFAD’s climate adaptation fund
In the wake of COP26, which featured a strong call for increased finance to help the world’s poorest countries adapt to the impacts of...
What price do countries pay by failing to adopt genetically modified (GM) crops?
By Joseph Maina ,Nairobi Kenya (specialist in agricultural biotechnology)
Two new papers aim to quantify the social welfare and economic costs that countries inflict upon...
Egypt allocates LE 100 million to conduct research on wheat productivity
Egypt allocated LE100 million to conduct innovative research to increase the productivity of wheat crops, produce new strains of the rice crop and increase...
Kenya to roll out Sh 9.6bn Livestock Commercialization Project
The government of Kenya in collaboration with International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has set aside Sh9.6 billion to establish the Kenya Livestock Commercialization...
Vihiga County, Kenya to digitize agriculture
Vihiga County in Kenya is set to go the digital way in agriculture. The County Government has partnered with a consortium of companies including;...