Registration opens for 2022 Irrigation Show
The 2022 Irrigation Show and Education Week, the annual event gathering agriculture and landscape irrigation professionals, has opened registration for the 2022 show to...
Cameroon launches biochar technique for the restoration of degraded forests
Cameroon through the Forest and Rural Development Association (FODER) has launched an experimental project to restore land using the biochar technique. This action is...
China, Ethiopia in discussion on agricultural cooperation
The government of Ethiopia and China are in discussion over cooperation in the agriculture sector. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia announced that Ethiopia’s...
Kenya develops an Automatic Weather Station
The government of Kenya has set up an Automatic Weather Station (AWS) in Machakos in a move meant to address issues of climate change....
Tanzania govt calls on insuring crops, livestock
The government of Tanzania is calling on farmers to secure insurance of their crops and animals for the sake of avoiding loss that they...
John Deere invests in Hello Tractor
Deere & Company has made a minority investment in Hello Tractor, an ag-tech company based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Hello Tractor connects tractor owners with smallholder...
Researchers embrace Artificial Intelligence to tackle banana disease in Burundi
A group of scientists involved in finding solutions to minimize the impact of a devastating banana virus in Burundi have developed an Artificial Intelligence...
Kebbi State Nigeria battle invasion of quelea birds
Kebbi State government in Nigeria is set to fight Quelea birds which are invading the farmlands from neighbouring countries.
Commissioner for Agriculture Alhaji Maigari Abdullahi...
Tanzania, MCL and Vodacom launch ‘farm clinic’
The government of Tanzania in partnership with, Mwananchi Communications Limited (MCL) and Vodacom Tanzania officially launched the Farm Clinic that aims to boost farming...
Rehabilitation work begins on the Sologo hydro-agricultural dam in Ivory Coast
Rehabilitation works on the Sologo hydro-agricultural dam in Ivory Coast has begun. The government through the country’s Prime Minister, Patrick Achi launched the works.
The...