Khula closes US $1.3M seed to scale its software-for-agriculture platform
South Africa’s Khula has announced a US $1.3million seed round to scale operations across the country. Khula provides small-scale and commercial size farmers with...
OPEN LETTER: AFRICAN FAITH COMMUNITIES CALL ON GATES FOUNDATION, “STOP PUSHING INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE!”
SOUTH AFRICA: The Southern African Faith Communities’ Institute (SAFCEI) and faith community representatives from Africa recently made public its open letter to the Bill and...
Bobcat Launches New Generation of Telescopic Loaders for Agriculture
Bobcat is launching the company's new generation R-Series telescopic loader range for agriculture, providing a choice of six models with Stage IIIA engines for...
3,000 hectares of irrigated land provided to farmers in Jigawa Nigeria
3,000 hectares of irrigated land has been provided to farmers in Jigawa State in Nigeria. The Federal Government of Nigeria handed over the land...
Bayer selects 100 youth leaders from around the world to help “Feed a Hungry...
100 delegates from more than 40 different countries will make up Bayer’s 2021 Youth Ag Summit cohort this November. The global forum and biennially...
Zimbabwe launches new curriculum to transform agriculture
The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement in Zimbabwe has launched the Agricultural Education for Development 5.0 curriculum for colleges as...
Rwanda’s US $100 irrigation scheme stalls
Rwanda’s US $100 irrigation scheme is set to face financing setback. In 2018, the country and the Export-Import Bank of India signed a loan...
Nigeria to boost Namibia’s agriculture
Nigeria is set to assist Namibia boost its agriculture sector. National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) made the announcement and said they will be...
Liberia launches new model of community gardening
The government of Liberia has launched a new model of community gardening. Gambia, the Ministry of Agriculture with technical support from FAO Liberia will...
Seychelles imposes restrictions on the movement of tomatoes
The National Biosecurity Agency has imposed restrictions on the movement of tomatoes between the Seychelles' three main islands after a caterpillar known as the...