Africa

The DLG (German Agricultural Society) and the Association for Vertical Farming (AVF) are planning to enter a strategic partnership, to jointly promote the field of indoor and vertical farming, in Germany and rest of the world Production of plant-based food in urban spaces, requires modified resources. (Image source: DLG) Joint platforms for knowledge exchange, as […]

AgDevCo has announced a multi-million-dollar mezzanine debt investment in Victory Farms, an aquaculture company in Kenya Victory Farms operates with its own hatchery, nursery ponds and deep-water cages in Lake Victoria. (Image source: Adobe Stock) The investment will support the company’s continued growth and impact, including the construction of a feed mill and expansion into […]

Rural businesses, which are so vital for transforming food systems, will get a much needed boost from an ambitious new financing programme launched by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), as part of its broader efforts to address rising hunger and poverty levels in the world’s poorest countries IFAD’s new investment programme to […]

The First Lady of the Republic of Ghana Rebecca Akufo-Addo has lauded the initiative to mobilise community support in promoting good nutrition, and has called on to help intensify efforts to promote breastfeeding for infants, for up to six months of age The First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has stressed the […]

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has proposed to initiate a dialogue between the three private sector operators in the North East and North Africa (NENA) region, for transforming the agri-food systems and achieving the sustainable development goals outlined in the 2030 Agenda Transforming the agri-food systems goes a long way […]

African Development Bank will support the creation of agricultural value chains in Côte d’Ivoire, to create more jobs and make economic growth more inclusive, revealed AfDB’s president, Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina at a recent meeting with Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi The AfDB will engage in strategic investments to transform the rural areas in Côte […]

LEMKEN, a company that specialises in arable farming has optimised its front hopper and coulter bar system, adding greater versatility to its range of seeding machines Front hopper LEMKEN Solitair 23+ with coulter bar OptiDisc 25 and power harrow Zirkon 12. (Image source: LEMKEN) The latest addition of the ISOBUS technology to the Solitair 23+ […]

Lindsay Manufacturing Africa Pty Ltd spoke to a farmer, Fanie Botha, who is still using a 42-year-old Zimmatic pivot his father-in-law bought in 1978 The pivot has been adapted to work with Lindsay’s FieldNET solution so that Fanie and his team can control the pivot remotely. (Image source: Lindsay) Expert says that buying a pivot is usually […]

The government of Belgium has contributed US$500,000 through SFERA, to FAO’s project which aims to benefit as many as 11,000 households (55,000 people) in Ethiopia’s Tigray region The ongoing conflict in Tigray has led to a humanitarian crisis and high levels of food insecurity. (Image source: FAO) FAO’ project will provide beneficiaries with assorted agricultural […]

The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) and Fairtrade Africa (FTA) have signed a collaborative pact aimed at addressing the effects of climate change on trade from smallholder farming, and respective producer groups across Africa The parties are committing to enhance and promote trade and strengthening the voice of smallholder farmers on matters of climate […]

CLAAS is launching an automatic stretch brake function for the ARION 500/600 with CMATIC transmission and air brakes to relieve the burden on the driver in difficult conditions such as driving heavy trailers downhill and working with square balers, round balers, baler-wrapper combinations and trailed crop sprayers on sloping sites The pulsing action of the […]

The director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, has encouraged African leaders to engage universities and young people in the much needed agri-food systems transformation on the continent Agriculture in the region provides employment to 60% of young people. (Image source: Adobe stock) “Young people must be at the […]

Ghana has joined the rest of the world in commemorating 2021 World Food Safety Day which aims to draw attention to food borne risks and encourage the practice of food safety standards to help prevent, detect and manage food borne diseases Presentation by WHO Ghana Country representative, Dr Francis Kasolo at the function. (Image source: […]

Lemken introduced new Duo version of its successful Solitair 9+ pneumatic seed drill equipped with divided seed hopper The Solitair 9+ Duo is scheduled for January 2022. (Image source: Lemken) This machine offers a wide range of options for simultaneously spreading seeds, fertiliser and even catch crops. With it we have expanded our portfolio to […]

Africa’s agri-food systems must be transformed to make healthy diets more affordable for Africans, according to a report launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) The latest Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition calls for agri-food […]