Zimbabwe farmers benefit from WhatsApp disease detector platform
Over 1 100 farmers in Zimbabwe are benefitting from a Whatsapp and text-based chat bot.
The two platform assists the farmers in identifying plant damage...
Precision Ag tech software I-Plant Nutrition launches App
Precision ag-tech software, i-Plant Nutrition has launched a mobile application version of the software on both the Apple and Android app stores. The app...
African Development Bank Head Celebrates Food ‘Milestone for Africa’ at the Launch of First...
African Development Bank head Akinwumi A. Adesina joined President of the Republic of Mozambique Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, to launch the “milestone” Pemba-Lichinga Integrated Development Corridor...
UFS MAGIC lab, the go-to geological drone imaging group in South Africa
Did you know that one can photograph a plant so clearly from a distance that it is likely to detect the health of its...
Farm expansion accelerates in Africa
New global maps of cropland from the University of Maryland in the US show that Africa has been a hotspot of farmland expansion in...
Grain Rallies: keeping the farming show on the road
Farmers’ days are a popular tradition in South Africa but these days, producers who attend an InteliGro Grain Rally can expect something different: an...
NDMA, KDF collaborates to distribute livestock feeds in Kenya
The National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) and Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) have partnered to distribute livestock feeds in Kenya.
This is part of the country’s...
WHO launches program to weed out tobacco farming from Kenya
The World Health Organisation launched a programme that will see hundreds of farmers in Migori County, western Kenya, shift from health-hazardous tobacco-farming, in efforts...
QFFD and the Gates Foundation jointly pledged up to US$200 million toward agriculture
Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today, at the 2022 Doha Forum, a new strategic partnership called...
Rwanda unveils guidebook for insect industry
Rwanda has launched standards for the edible insects’ sector following the establishment of the country’s first commercial insect-based animal feed plant, as it nurtures...