Algeria seeks self-sufficiency in grain
Algeria is seeking self- sufficiency in grain. A decline in global oil prices and a spike in international food prices has triggered an agricultural...
Tru-Cape cautiously optimistic about the growth China offers
For South Africa’s largest exporter of apples and pears, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, a company wholly owned by the growers at Two-a-Day in Grabouw and...
Tanzania to import dressing fertilizer
The government of Tanzania has announced plans to import dressing fertilizer that will be sold to farmers at a normal price. The country’s President...
The Heubach Group, SK Capital partners close acquisition of Global Colorants Business of Clariant
The Heubach Group (“Heubach”), a leading global producer of pigments and SK Capital Partners (“SK Capital”), a private investment firm focused on the specialty...
Zimbabwe company milling bananas into flour to reduce post-harvest losses
By Lawrence Paganga
A Zimbabwean-based company Nezox Brands, has come to the aid of hundreds of small-scale banana farmers by turning the raw fruit into flour.
Nezox...
Tanzania seeks funds to fight banana disease
Tanzania is calling upon help to support fight banana disease recently detected in Kigoma region. Donor agencies are being reached out to map out...
NITDA partners three varsities on digital farming
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has engaged three federal universities in Nigeria to advance research and application of digital technology in farming to...
Egypt opens Toshka Al Khir project
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has officially opened a number of land reclamation projects in the desert area in Toshka, Aswan governorate, including...
CNH Industrial’s first official day of trading as a pure player in the agriculture...
CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) officially commences 2022 trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the United States and Borsa...
Kenya issues 3rd phase of Galla goats donations in West Pokot
The Kenya Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP) in partnership with the West Pokot County Government has donated 1,095 hybrid Galla goats to 600 farmers in...