The US-UAE led AIM for Climate initiative announces three new Government Partners
The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), a global initiative by the United Arab Emirates and the United States, has announced three...
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The impact of the energy crisis on food systems in South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced a state of disaster due to the electricity...
Animal welfare campaigners call for octopus farm to be scrapped as source reveals cruelty...
Compassion in World Farming and Eurogroup for Animals are today calling for the world’s first commercial octopus farm to be scrapped after plans obtained...
African Risk Capacity Limited and Milliman launch postgraduate scholarship programme for African students studying...
A collaboration between African Risk Capacity (ARC) Limited and Milliman has made four scholarships available exclusively for African students.
The ARC Ltd-Milliman Africa...
Preventing Crop Disease Outbreaks in African Culture
In the past, crop diseases have destroyed African plants. Preventing outbreaks of these diseases is necessary to sustain communities. Crop infections are highly preventable...
Three ways you can teach your children to save water
Children see what adults tend to ignore. We might walk past a leaky tap or half glass of water and think nothing of it....
Sustainable intensification of smallholder agriculture in Madagascar using higher yielding seed as a catalyst
On March 2nd, 2023, SSG held a national workshop on seed systems development in Madagascar and presented a recently-completed survey of farmer crop variety...
Bayer collaborates with Microsoft to unveil new cloud-based enterprise solutions
Following a 2021 strategic partnership announcement with Microsoft, Bayer today launched new cloud-based solutions for the agri-food industry: AgPowered Services from Bayer in combination...
Study explains how a fungus helps plants to acquire more iron in a sustainable...
After verifying its potential as a pest biocontrol agent, a team at the University of Cordoba unraveled the mechanisms used by the entomopathogenic fungus...
Kenyan youth helps farmers fix tired soil with locally manufactured organic fertiliser
By Zablon OyugiWith over 50 million Kenyans to be fed daily, it becomes a matter of urgency for agricultural stakeholders across the country to...