Africa

African Development Bank participates in the launch of African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) platform linking Africa’s SMEs to investment opportunity The Agribusiness Deal Room supports governments and companies with access to finance and partnership opportunities. (Image source: Adobe Stock) The African Development Bank ’s incoming vice president for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Dr Beth […]

DataConnect, a global initiative to enable viewing mixed-brand fleets in a single platform, is now live with an expanded line of six major digital platforms and available to farm operations around the world DataConnect works without any additional hardware and software components and ensures secure data handling. (Image source: CLAAS) Case IH, Steyr and New […]

Leading animal nutrition and feed additive producer BIOMIN has announced its involvement in a four-year, US$11mn EU-backed research consortium effort to address the challenges of pig and poultry production by creating a new technology to analyse animal-microbiota interactions at the microscale and produce 3D visualisations The role of animal host-microbiota interactions is crucial to understanding […]

OCP Group, the world’s largest phosphate mining and fertiliser group, and IFC have signed a milestone financing agreement to support OCP in expanding its value chain in Africa IFC is committed to combatting poverty and creating opportunity in Africa while helping the region endure the economic fallout of COVID-19. (Image source: Adobe stock) IFC’s US$100mn […]

Kanu Equipment Ghana Limited has been appointed as the new Case IH dealer for Ghana Kanu Equipment was founded in October 2012 by Stephen Smithyman. (Image source: CNH Industrial) The new dealer will provide sales and service support for a wide range of Case IH equipment and machinery. Customers throughout Ghana are set to benefit from dealership […]

The African Development Bank (AfDB), with financing from the Italian Technical Cooperation Fund, has provided a US$1.1mn grant to help smaller agro-processing enterprises boost production and quality control The project supports the goals of Mozambique’s Country Strategy Paper (2018-2022). Image source: AfDB) The project will enable the businesses to better tap into national and regional […]

Evonik’s comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) has further demonstrated the environmental benefits of using its feed amino acids and feeding concepts when compared to common animal nutrition practises Modern feeding concepts based on amino acids reduce acidification, eutrophication and nitrogen-based emissions. (Image source: Adobe Stock) The global LCA analysed the environmental impact of feeding swine, […]

Dairy producers around the world have seen an uptick in bought-in feed costs as the global market pulls through a pandemic, extraordinary weather events, logistic disruptions and growing competing markets for raw feed ingredients While dairy ration composition will vary region to region based on local crop production, soybeans and their by-products are common denominators […]

New Holland Agriculture has introduced the new Stage V-compliant Boomer tractor line, which offers increased performance while remaining compact in size The Boomer range also enhances operator comfort and reduces fatigue with a host of features. (Image source: New Holland Agriculture) New features further improve the tractors’ efficiency and operator comfort Edoardo Ronco, product marketing […]

South Sudan will benefit from two new projects totalling US$116mn that aim to improve agricultural production, strengthen farmer capacity, and restore livelihoods and food security The two complementary projects provide a continuum of support from stabilising household food security. (Image source: Adobe Stock) South Sudan is facing increasing levels of food insecurity despite increased production, […]

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has launched the pilot phase of the Green Cities Regional Action Programme for Africa with an aim to scale-up fast-action measures for large, medium and small cities to make them more resilient towards unforeseen dangers, and food and nutrition secure Praia in Cabo Verde, Kisumu and Nairobi […]

The African Development Bank (AfDB), with financing from the Italian Technical Cooperation Fund, has provided approximately US$1,182,400 grant to help smaller agro-processing enterprises boost production and quality control AfDB has approved a US$1mn grant to boost local content and the development of initiatives of small and medium enterprises. (Image source: AfDB) The project is expected […]

Meyn has unveiled Killer M2.0, a high-speed slaughter solution offering flexibility, precision, and safety The new Killer M2.0 is designed to reduce the adjustment time substantially. (Image source: Meyn) Poultry processing requires continuous investment in developments to meet today’s challenges, declining margins, demand fluctuations, food safety and workers’ safety. These are all factors to consider. […]

Evonik and the Qingdao Vland Biotech Group have developed an innovative product, AQUAVI, for improving water quality in aquaculture. It is tailored primarily to the requirements of shrimp farming in ponds Probiotic additive for shrimp farming expands Evonik’s system solution for aquaculture. (Image source: Adobe stock) The new AQUAVI ProPond, is the result of about […]

Located in the country’s Amhara region, the first seeds produced at BASF’s new production facility in Ethiopia enter the global vegetable seed market The site fulfills BASF health, safety and environmental standards and goes beyond Ethiopia’s common sustainability requirements. (Image source: Adobe stock)  The facility offers ideal year-round production conditions for sweet pepper, tomato and […]