Swiss company sets up US$27m medicinal cannabis farm, processing plant in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commissioned a US$27 million Swiss Bioceuticals Limited Medicinal Cannabis Farm and Processing Plant in Mount Hampden, Mashonaland West Province.
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WACCI calls for strategic investments in seed systems
The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has called for strategic investments in the seed systems of six staple crops in Ghana for...
Elgeyo Marakwet Kenya to control spread of army worm
The County government of Elgeyo Marakwet, in Kenya is set to start distributing pesticides to farmers following an invasion of army worms in various...
Manufacturer to showcase unique adhesive and mineral solutions at NAMPO 2022
Agriculture and farming is a significant growth market for South African manufacturer Pratley, which will display its full range of adhesive and mineral products...
South Africa Potato Production Receives Added Protection with Corteva Agriscience’s New Generation Fungicide
Corteva Agriscience launches Zorvec® Encantia®, a new fungicide that specifically targets late blight, a detrimental pathogen currently compromising local potato growth. The solution, based...
8 000ha field crops destroyed, goats, chickens swept away in recent floods in Zambia
The recent floods recorded in southern Africa destroyed 8 000 hectares of crop fields after they were submerged in water while chickens and goats...
IFAD launches response to protect world’s rural poor against shocks from war in Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine pushes food, fuel and fertilizer prices toward record levels putting food security in many of the world’s poorest countries...
Egerton University, University of Greenwich partner in extracting biofuels from crotone tree
Kenya’s Egerton University and University of Greenwich- UK have, teamed-up with a local enterprise to strengthen capacity for extraction of biofuels and various value-added...
Kenya allocates Sh 52m for avocado production
Nakuru County Government in Kenya has allocated Sh 52million for avocado seedlings distribution program. This is an increase from Sh 42 million allocated last...
Kubota U30-6s CAB version to make NAMPO debut
Smith Power Equipment will use Grain SA's NAMPO Harvest Day, the premier agricultural show said to be the largest of its kind in the...