PROCESSING or FRESH – WHICH IS BETTER?
This story brings up a basic dilemma that many fruit growers face:
what is better for me; selling my fruits to a Processing Plant or...
Malawi’s President Mutharika officially launches US $95m AGCOM project
President Peter Mutharika has officially launched the US $95m Agriculture Commercialization Project (AGCOM) project in Malawi. The funds, which were acquired as a loan...
GCB Bank invests US $66m in Ghana’s agricultural sector
GCB Bank has invested approximately US $66m in Ghana’s agricultural sector. Of the total amount, US $65m was channelled into the cocoa industry in...
Contract farming in Kenya
Smallholder farmers often face difficulties in production and marketing of their produce. They usually sell their produce individually at to middlemen or on local...
Air circulation and rain control: Arrigoni will be presenting new research findings at FL2020
All the latest developments in protective screens for agriculture, designed to deliver high yields in a context of total environmental protection combined with control...
Why should you consider internet of things (IOT) in agriculture market
The internet of things has taken the globe by storm, each and every establishment is looking at adopting technologies to increase their efficiency and...
How digitalization of the supply chain will reduce global food waste
TOMRA digital supply chain
The scale of the global food waste problem is staggering. According to reports, 1.6 billion tons of food are lost or wasted...
Central Bank of Zimbabwe issues US $50m bond to finance upcoming agriculture season
The Central Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ) has issued a US $50m bond for purposes of financing the 2019/2020 agriculture season. According to the bank,...
Mechanical Crop Care with the Tines Weeder AS from APV
Mechanical crop care is becoming increasingly important. Therefore APV has given crop management top priority and offers, among other things, the Tined Weeder AS,...
How Do Microbes Influence Nitrogen Use Efficiency?
Many growers apply the “4R” framework for nutrient management—using the right fertilizer source, at the right rate, at the right time and in the right place—to...