News
12-10-2019 | 14:04:00
Egypt and Germany have signed a £36-million grant agreement to guarantee high quality of agricultural production.
12-10-2019 | 12:05:00
The maize lethal necrosis (MLN) artificial inoculation screening site in Naivasha, Kenya, will begin its phenotyping (screening/indexing) cycle of 2020 at the beginning of January 2020.
12-10-2019 | 12:00:00
Competition for water resources is increasing as agriculture, municipalities and industries pull from the same scarce freshwater sources.
12-10-2019 | 07:37:17
The African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) was launched recently to bring together plant breeders from several African nations to work towards achieving food security in Africa through breeding.
12-10-2019 | 07:23:00
The recently released Global Food Security Index (GFSI) 2019, examines the state of food systems across 113 countries.
12-09-2019 | 14:00:00
The Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development, Dr Abdulhamid Alkhalifa has signed a US$20 million development loan to help finance Burkina Faso’s Agricultural Value Chain Support Project.
12-09-2019 | 12:20:00
Honey produced in Huila province will be certified by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in February 2020.
12-09-2019 | 12:15:00
Unabated climate change could cause coral reef tourism revenue losses of over 90%, while some West African countries are forecast to see fish stocks decline by 85%.
12-09-2019 | 07:15:00
Agriculture degrades over 24 million acres of fertile soil every year, raising concerns about meeting the rising global demand for food.
12-09-2019 | 07:08:00
Dr Ivan Meyer, Western Cape minister of agriculture, has launched the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) Western Cape’s Producer/Farmer Register.
12-06-2019 | 10:05:00
Saudi Fund for Development has partnered with the government of Burkina Faso to inaugurate a $130 million dam that is set to benefit 250,000 farmers with improved irrigation and land reclamation.
12-06-2019 | 07:15:00
Six agricultural operators in the municipalities of Lubango, Matala, Chibia and Caluquembe of Huila Province have received 40 tractors and their agricultural implements.
12-06-2019 | 07:08:00
World food prices rose significantly in November, reaching their highest point in more than two years, driven by jumps in the international prices of meat products and vegetable oils.
12-05-2019 | 13:49:00
IFC and GAFSP announced a $11 million loan to Ugandan agribusiness company Grainpulse to support its expansion and strengthen its farmer supply chain, increasing food production and economic growth in the country.
12-05-2019 | 10:32:00
Eni and SNDP signed an MoU at the Tunisian Ministry of Industry on joint collaboration, through a joint company, to cultivate castor at a semi-industrial level used to produce sustainable biofuels.