Victory Farms Poised for Further Growth after successful Series B Drive
East Africa’s fastest-growing aquaculture platform, Victory Farms, has successfully completed its Series B capital-raising drive to fund the expansion of its operations in Kenya,...
WFP trains 200 WFP trained govt agric officers in Egypt
THE World Food Programme (WFP) trained more than 200 agricultural workers from Egypt’s ministries of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Water Resources and Irrigation and...
New wheat variety adoption key to Malawi’s food security
Scientists at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) are helping to scale up wheat production and productivity in Malawi.The ongoing political conflict...
A maize mill is helping students, families pay school fees in rural Uganda
By M. Scott Frank -The InteRoots Initiative Executive Director and Co-FounderA maize mill in a rural community in Uganda is not only bringing community...
Kenya to double its avocado export in the next five years as demand increases
Kenya is planning to double its avocado export from Sh15 billion to Sh30 billion annually in the next five years following increasing demand of...
South Africa announces list of declared small-scale fishers in Western Cape
South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has announced the final list of declared small-scale fishers in the Western Cape province.
The list...
Compassion in World Farming calls out Best Aquaculture Practices for failing to improve farmed...
Compassion in World Farming has today called out the seafood certification scheme Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) for failing to improve the welfare of the...
Bayer’s Grants4Ag Program Awards 21 Crop Science Research Grants for 2023
Bayer today announced its 2023 cohort of Grants4Ag grant recipients who have been selected to research promising sustainability and biotechnology subjects in agriculture with...
The Growing Pecan Market in South Africa
South Africa is the world’s third-largest pecan producer. According to the 2020 issue of the South African Pecan Nut Producers Association’s (SAPPA) magazine, there...
Young Tanzanian agripreneur secures export market for bee products in South Africa
Stefano Kileo, a young Tanzanian agripreneur in beekeeping subsector has, through his company- Beegift Products and Services, secured an export market in South Africa...