Bayer set to drive breakthrough innovations in the Life Sciences
Today, Bayer held its first ever Breakthrough Innovation Forum, focusing on longer-term opportunities for health and agriculture leveraging emerging technologies. The event followed Bayer’s...
Egypt lifts ban on exporting honey bees to Saudi Arabia
The government of Egypt has lifted a ban imposed on exporting Egyptian honey bees to Saudi Arabia.
Agriculture Minister El Sayed el Qusair confirmed the...
Nigeria, others to import US $110bn worth of food by 2025
Nigeria and other African countries are set to import food valued at $110 billion by 2025. This is according to the International Institute of...
African countries to define regional agrifood systems priorities
More than 50 African countries will come together at the 32nd Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Regional Conference...
Mozambique experts meet to analyse PROMOVE Agribiz success
Senior government and non-governmental organisations officials in Mozambique in the agriculture sector meet this week in Nampula City, to analyse the success of the PROMOVE...
Groundwater could help kickstart green recovery in African countries
African leaders have joined a worldwide thrust for a “green recovery” from the Covid-19 setback and the climate crisis.
According to Bradley Hiller,a former AsiaGlobal...
Family Farmers in Kenya Replace Expensive Fertilizer with “Green Manure”
Fertilizer prices have skyrocketed as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. For some years now, family farmers in Kenya’s Kisumu area have replaced...
icipe and Sida renew cooperation to support bioscience research and innovation and foster development...
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) have signed a new five-year cooperation agreement to...
TOMRA celebrates its 50th anniversary by announcing world without waste mission
TOMRA, the global provider of advanced collection and sorting solutions, celebrates its 50th anniversary today.
Each of the Group’s four divisions - Collection, Food, Recycling...
Intercropping melon and cowpea improves soil nutrients and increases melon yields
The Diverfarming project analysed the nutrients and changes in the soil microbial community in the first year of intercropping melon and cowpea with reduced...