World Neighbors supports banana cultivation by smallholder farmers in Uganda
Bananas are a staple food in Uganda. Every household in the program area where communities are partnering with World Neighbors has at least five...
Soil health: the key to the future of agriculture and the planet
Soil health is the basis for sustainable agriculture and healthy food production.
But it's not only about this: our life on Earth depends on the...
Harnessing the power of agritech to help SA’s smallholder farmers
Microsoft’s AgriTech Programme is investing in building the capabilities, competitiveness and innovation of a local technology company to develop and roll-out high-impact solutions that...
Too wet or too dry – Syngenta has SA farmers covered
South Africa currently finds itself in the midst of an above-average summer-rainfall season. This is a welcome turn of events, especially for parts of...
What price do countries pay by failing to adopt genetically modified (GM) crops?
By Joseph Maina ,Nairobi Kenya (specialist in agricultural biotechnology)
Two new papers aim to quantify the social welfare and economic costs that countries inflict upon...
Innovative Agricultural Development Company Launches In Ghana To Offset $35 Billion Annual Cost Of...
With over 3,300 hectares of land in the Volta region, ‘Lotus Ecoculture’ is on a mission to
increase farming yields by up to 30%...
Total digestible nutrients (TDN): How useful is it ?
There are many methods of evaluating ingredients for animal feeding. This is important because the composition and characteristics of the ingredients that make up...
Standard Bank drives sustainable growth of Africa’s sugar value chain
Many communities within sub-Saharan Africa rely on sugar not only as a source of calorific energy, but for the employment, industrialisation, and trade opportunities...
Conveyors for agricultural uses
Cost-effective, Safer and Efficient Material Handling
Information from leading OEMs indicates that conveyors have improved material handling tasks in farming businesses in other regions. This...
Breeding for social animal behavior
In order to support the global food challenge with high-quality animal genetics, it’s important to understand the interaction between animals and how we can influence positive social behavior....