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 diets
The 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 questions
Wefarm, the world’s largest farmer-to...
Case IH Field Day demonstrates the power of mechanisation for a productive and efficient...
Agriculture is a strategic sector in the Tunisian economy. It occupies approximately 16% of the country’s workforce and contributes around 12% of GDP. Land...
Rising temperatures will push millions of people in Africa into poverty and hunger unless...
Climate change has set our planet on fire, millions are already feeling the impacts
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report detailing progress...
2018 Irrigation Show New Product Contest entries announced
The Irrigation Association is pleased to announce the entries in its annual new product contest. A record number of at least 60 new irrigation,...
Grain and seed cleaning and storage – why is it so important?
by Facet Engineering CEO, Colin Fairweather:
The quality of harvested grain and seed is dependent on a few important factors, these include: the settings and...