Ghana presents motorized crop harvester to Kpangmanga Women group
The Yendi Municipal Assembly in Ghana has presented 10 motorised crop harvesters/lashers worth thousands of Ghana Cedis to 24 members of Kpangmanga Women’s Group...
Zimbabwe Govt Frets Over Corrupt Land Officers
By Lawrence PagangaThe government has raised concerns over the increase in corruption by lands officers employed by the Lands and Agriculture Ministry who are...
Exim Bank of Hungary finances water and agriculture projects in Rwanda
Exim Bank of Hungary has announced plans to finance water and agriculture projects in Rwanda. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó made the announcement and...
US $1.8M invested into West Africa smallholder farmers
US $1.8million has been invested by the Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund) into Benin microfinance institution Union Nationale des Caisses Rurales d’Epargne et de...
Namibia rolls out agronomic programmes
The government of Namibia has rolled out several agronomic programmes in its quest to improve crop production, food security, create employment as well as...
Somalia, UN open centre to monitor desert locusts
Somalia and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations have opened a centre to monitor desert locusts in the country.The centre...
Arab youth back climate action to boycott brands that damage the environment
More than half of young Arabs (56%) said they are concerned about climate change, and a similar number will boycott a brand seen to...
The French Development Agency and the International Fund for Agricultural Development join hands to...
On 1 November 2021, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will sign a €7 million grant agreement...
TT4.80 tractor donation to Burkina Faso
New Holland Agriculture have donated a tractor to Diocese de Diebougou, an institution in Burkina Faso through Cane International B.V. for student’s technical trainings,...
Grão Direto and Bayer collaborate to expand the reach and impact of sustainable practices...
Grão Direto, the largest digital platform for grain trading in Latin America, developed in collaboration with Bayer the introduction of the “Sustainable Practices Badge”...