Cold Solutions Kenya to invest US $70m in state-of-the-art storage warehouses in the country
Cold Solutions Kenya Limited has announced that it will invest US $70m in constructing state-of-the-art, temperature-controlled cold storage warehouses in the country....
Berry fruits, protection and high productivity with Arrigoni’s Robuxta® and Biorete®
Field tests shown a significant increase
in the marketable percentage and a drop of up to 10 degrees in the greenhouse
temperature
Farm risk management in the COVID-19 pandemic
For farmers, managing risk is second nature. From planting diverse crops to provide staggered harvesting windows and marketing options, buying crop insurance,...
Hyperspectral imaging sensors for agricultural applications
Spectral imaging is the detection of light reflected
by the crop with the use of specialized sensors. It is measured in spectral
bands. The...
Tanzania: African Development Bank project tripled incomes of rural producers and traders
An African Development Bank project to enhance market infrastructure, value addition and rural finance (MIVARF) (https://bit.ly/38xRvFo) in Tanzania produced highly satisfactory results,...
Adoption of precision agriculture to match fertilizer inputs in livestock farming
Livestock farmers are increasingly adopting precision
agriculture techniques to match fertilizer inputs more closely to grassland
requirements. The techniques, underpinned by a combined package...
IFAD invests €77.7 million in Niger for food and nutrition security and climate change...
The
International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD)
today announced a new project that will boost support for about 210,000 poor
rural...
Acting Vice President- Agriculture, Human and Social Development
Wambui joined the
African Development Bank Group in 2018 as Director, Water Development and
SanitationThe African Development Bank Group is...
Resilience in the time of COVID
Many companies are struggling to cope with the pandemic
that has caused deaths of well over 400,000 people globally. In Kenya it is...
New Holland introduces new destemmer mesh for its Braud grape harvesters
New Holland destemmer meshes provide the best harvest
quality in every condition around the world;The new blue destemmer...