Kenyan government should reduce the high fertilizer prices to boost food security
Nelson Maina: Kenyan-based agriculture expert
Kenya’s cost of living has hit unprecedented highs with prices of basic commodities being out of reach for many citizens.
This has...
Looming Global Food Crisis Requires Immediate and Coordinated Action from All Sectors
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is testing the capacity of global food systems to feed the world in times of crisis. An estimated 1.7 billion...
Increasing Efficiency Planting and Harvesting
Throughout agricultural history, the primary focus has been on increasing crop yields to feed a growing civilization. Farmers must regularly account for factors that...
APNI Launches the inaugural issue of growing Africa Magazine
The African Plant Nutrition Institute is launching its magazine “Growing Africa”, a brand new semi-annual, digital publication initiated to provide a forum serving stakeholders...
ABISOLO 2022 FORUM AND EXPOSITION
The 9th edition of Abisolo's Fórum e Exposição promoted by the Brazilian Association of Plant Nutrition Technology Industries, already has a date and place...
Call Open for Submissions to Early Career Award for Scientists Exploring Phosphorus Management in...
The African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI) has announced its call for submissions for the 2022 edition of the Young African Phosphorus Fellowship Awards Program...
Brazil seeks more Moroccan fertilizers
Brazil is seeking more fertilizers from Morocco after a halt of Russian exports. Brazil’s Agriculture Minister Marcos Montes is expected in Morocco to seek...
Africa must prepare for the inevitability of a global food crisis says African Development...
Adesina warned that the tripling costs of fertilizer, rising energy prices, and rising costs of food baskets, could worsen in Africa in the coming...
The application of compost shows agricultural and environmental benefits in the bacterial community
The Diverfarming project scientifically proves, through algorithms and bioinformatic approaches, the environmental and agronomic effectiveness of applying compost rather than traditional fertilisers in soils
Sustainable...
Kenya Planters distribute subsidized fertilizer to coffee farmers
The New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (KPCU) has unveiled the first distribution of subsidized fertilizers to coffee farmers in Trans Nzoia County.
Trans Nzoia CEC...