Ghana’s cocoa sector to benefit from Israel’s Drip Irrigation System
Ghana’s cocoa sector is set to benefit from Israel's Drip Irrigation System. The adoption of the system will help in an all-year round farming....
Fire-detection, suppression for macadamia-nut processing factory
Macadamia nuts are supplied in bulk by farmers and then go through an initial drying process.
To reduce the fire risk, and comply with regional...
Agrofood & plastprintpack West Africa 2018: The 5th edition on 20 to 22 November...
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast 80+ exhibitors from 18 countries and a high-profile conference programme; HortiFresh Fruit and Vegetable Programme for Côte d'Ivoire to be launched officially at...
Tanzania’s GMO maize field trials show promise
Tanzania's confined field trials of genetic modified maize is showing promise. The crop has reportedly shown signs of withstanding stem borer and fall armyworm...
US- funded US $44m Livestock Market Systems launched in Kenya
Approximately five counties from Northern Kenya are set to benefit from US- funded US $44m Livestock Market Systems that was launched recently. The US...
Agriculture is one of the few industries that can be left to future generations
If you plant an apple or pear tree today you might have to wait up to five years before you see the first fruit...
IMPROVING NUTRITIONAL EGG VALUE
Effect of Innovative Emulsifier on egg quality in layer hen dietsThe egg is one of the basic principles pillars of our daily diet...
Lessons from Zimbabwe’s failed land reforms
By :William Gumede
Giving communal land to individual households, rather than mostly corrupt traditional overseers, will unlock real value, energy and entrepreneurship.
Zimbabwe's failed populist-based land...
Mulching
Mulching is the process of covering the soil surface around the plants in order to create favorable conditions for the crop growth. This may...
World’s largest farmer-to-farmer network, Wefarm, reaches over one million users and sends more than...
One in five farms in Kenya and Uganda now uses the network to share intel and answer one another’s questionsWefarm, the world’s largest farmer-to...