Africa

The Western Cape standing committee on Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning will meet the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning on September 14 to continue its discussion on the submissions received regarding the region’s biodiversity  The bill aims to achieve ecological sustainability. (Image source: Adobe Stock) Some of the objectives of the bill include the […]

Crop Nutrition Laboratory Services Ltd (Cropnuts) has launched AgViza, a disruptive AI-based soil testing and digital crop advisory service for smallholder farmers Soil testing services have been out of financial reach for smallholder farmers. (Image source: Cropnuts) Soil testing services have been out of reach for smallholder farmers due to financial constraints. This is proven […]

Case IH’s Magnum AFS Connect tractor has performed successfully under local conditions in a series of field trials Since it arrived in South Africa, the Magnum AFS Connect 380 CVT tractor has completed approximately 600 hours of rigorous testing. (Image source: Case IH) AFS, the advanced farming systems, is the name of Case IH’s precision […]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched its global action on green development of special agricultural products: One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) This action aims to develop green and sustainable value chains for special agricultural products, support small and family farmers reap the full benefits of a global market […]

World Food Programme (WFP) has started delivering emergency relief food assistance to communities in regions bordering on war-torn Tigray in northern Ethiopia WFP teams on the ground can now start delivering the next round of food distributions in Tigray. (Image source: Adobe Stock) In coordination with Ethiopia’s Federal and Regional Government authorities, WFP plans to […]

According to the latest report from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), consumer price index (CPI) inflation rose by 6.6% y-o-y in August, basically unchanged from the revised figure for July (6.4% y-o-y previously) The analysis has further revealed that the demand is estimated to return to pre pandemic (2019) levels by 2025. (Image […]

The World Bank has granted US$103.4mn for Ghana to reverse land degradation and strengthen integrated natural resource management, across  three million hectares of degraded landscapes The Ghana Landscape Restoration and Small-Scale Mining project will focus on land-use planning for integrated landscape management, and promote sustainable mining. (Image source: Adobe Stock) The cost of environmental degradation […]

Paul Mitei, a farmer from Kiptoben Village, Nakuru County, Kenya started growing avocados because other farmers in his community were also growing them NASFPA members have harvested 25,000 kgs of avocado for export so far, earning about US$22,500. (Image source: Adobe Stock) But due to poor crop management skills, the fruit yields were low with […]

In cooperation with TİKA and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of the Republic of Guinea, 75 tonnes of corn was harvested on a total of 15 hectares of land in Coyah, Dubreka and Kindia Under the project, which benefited 120 families in total, TİKA provided simple agricultural tools, seeds, fertilisers and pesticides to the […]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed the eLocust3m application to improve early warning through rapid detection, surveillance and monitoring of locust outbreaks Locusts are among the most destructive pests in the world. (Image source: Adobe Stock) About 30 agricultural extension officers in Namibia, specifically, from the Ministry of Agriculture, […]

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received US$1.2mn from the Republic of Korea to provide humanitarian activities for food crisis in the following countries: Ethiopia, Nigeria, Madagascar, South Sudan and Burkina Faso This contribution will boost WFP’s humanitarian efforts including food assistance for vulnerable communities in five countries. (Image source: Adobe stock) Chris Nikoi, […]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), has provided an effective model for coordination and technical support for high-impact emerging disease control, jointly with the Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries (MIRAH) It would take several years for countries to eradicate the H5N1 […]

Many food and pharmaceutical products have a distinctive texture that melts-in-your-mouth, for example, some processed cheeses, grainy like peeling cream or tough, sticky, crunchy and soft VEGA has developed the new front-flush level switch VEGAPOINT 24, suitable for use in sticky, viscous or abrasive products. (Image source: VEGA) The demands on the level measurement technology, […]

Pieter Oosthuysen, senior manager, accounts and technical (Africa), Cobb Europe writes about the use of data in breeder management Objectivity and experience are important when interpreting suboptimal performance data using regression graphs. (Image source: Cobb) Modern technology is increasingly being used on breeder farms for data generation. This data can be analysed to make smarter […]

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has provided technical equipment to improve the honey analysis capacity of the National Beekeeping Institute of Kenya TİKA has provided a nitrogen generator to the National Beekeeping Institute of Kenya for the analysis of antibiotic residues in honey. (Image source: TIKA) The equipment delivery ceremony held at the […]