US $143M to be invested in Africa Integrated Climate Risk Management Programme
The United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) agreed to invest $143 million for the new Africa...
AiDash launches new intelligent sustainability management system
AiDash, a leading provider of satellite and AI-powered operations, maintenance and sustainability platform, today announced the launch of its Intelligent Sustainability Management System (ISMS)...
TOMRA Food to demonstrate standard-setting potato sorting machine at BP2021
Opportunity to see how TOMRA 3A removes foreign materials, stones, soil clods, and green potatoes with unrivalled effectiveness. Grower E.W. Button & Son has...
New global climate-smart food initiative seeks more partners
The new 2021-2025 Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM4C) global initiative is looking for more volunteer government and non-government partners that can help boost...
New fertiliser firm enters Zambian market
High cost of fertiliser, which ranges from K700 to K750 per 50 kilogramme bag in most cases, is a huge hindrance to increasing production,...
Liberia’s rice and tilapia co-culture project celebrates first harvest
An EU-funded DeSIRA Integrated Rice-Fish Farming System (IRFFS) project in Liberia recently marked its first successful harvest, with farmers saying the co-culture approach will,...
Choose the right fertiliser for pome fruit
Atlantic Fertilisers' approach for a successful fertigation program for pome fruit, is regular applications at effective concentrations.
The applications must be done with intervals of...
Rodrigo Santos named member of the Board of Management, Bayer AG, and President of...
The Supervisory Board of Bayer AG has appointed Rodrigo Santos (48) to the company’s Board of Management and the position of President of the...
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...
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...