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Urban agriculture thriving in East Africa during COVID-19
Mugabe-shows-officials-how-the-water-sprinkling-system-at-the-school-works-1066×800 For many of those living in and around Uganda’s capital city, COVID-19 has presented opportunities to make a profit and contribute to Kampala’s food basket. Kampala typically depends primarily ...
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Mozambican president launches program to boost agriculture
MAPUTO, July 30 (Xinhua) — The President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi launched Thursday in the western city of Tete an agricultural program named “Sustenta”, with the ...
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How Apollo Agriculture is solving small-scale farmers’ credit problem in Kenya
L-R: Eli Pollak (Co-founder & CEO), Benjamin Njenga (Co-founder & CCO), and Earl St Sauver (Co-founder). Source: Supplied Around the world, most farmers have suffered different ...The New Holland Agriculture plant in Greater Noida wins coveted Golden Peacock National Quality Award
New Delhi, July 24, 2020 New Holland Agriculture, a brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI), sees its Greater Noida, India plant declared the winner of the ‘Golden Peacock National Quality Award’ for 2020. The award ...Smart irrigation design proves pivotal in Namibia’s first successful blueberry harvest
MASHARE (Namibia) – 23 July 2020 saw the commencement of Namibia’s first-ever commercial harvest of blueberries by local company Mashare Berries Farming (Pty) Ltd. The historic ...Africa’s distributed renewable energy sector still dominated by foreign players
The distributed renewable energy sector in Africa has grown rapidly since 2013, but it has so far failed to include locally-owned companies and initiatives. Finance has ...
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Syngenta Flowers strengthens European leadership team
Supply Chain at the core of the organization, with broad scope in activities to bring quality Operations to become separate function, with focus on delivery performance Continued commitment to offer quality innovations ... -
Smaller farmer’s fields can reduce biodiversity loss and increase wild plants, birds, beetles and bats
Around the world, biodiversity is dropping precipitously. In North America, about three billion birds have been lost over recent decades and amphibian populations are declining at a rate of about four per ... -
Syngenta appoints new global head of Flowers business
Michael Kester to retire after 42 years with Syngenta Mark Schermer appointed new global head of Syngenta Flowers Continued commitment to offer quality innovations to the market Enkhuizen / Netherlands, June 12, ... -
Tru-Cape thanks Eskom for uninterrupted power during peak picking season
Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing is the largest exporter of South African apples and pears and has almost completed its picking season on farms in Ceres, the greater Grabouw region and in the Langkloof. ...
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Urban agriculture thriving in East Africa during COVID-19
Mugabe-shows-officials-how-the-water-sprinkling-system-at-the-school-works-1066×800 For many of those living in and around Uganda’s capital city, COVID-19 has presented opportunities to make a profit and contribute to Kampala’s food basket. ...Central Bank of Nigeria unveils interest-free loans scheme to boost agricultural products
The scheme will enable the employment of a minimum of 370,000 youths in agriculture. (Image source: Free-Photos/Pixabay) The scheme will enable the employment of a minimum ...South Africa: R14.4 Billion Allocated to Agriculture, Rural Development
An amount of R14.4 billion has been allocated to the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) for the 2020/2021 financial year. The R14.4 ...Urban farming: Is it financially and spatially feasible?
The term ‘urban farming’ paints a picture of city dwellers attempting to grow their own food in their backyard vegetable gardens, investing large amounts of money, ...
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Tru-Cape thanks Eskom for uninterrupted power during peak picking season
Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing is the largest exporter of South African apples and pears and has almost completed its picking season on farms in Ceres, the greater ...Two pears feature in Tru-Cape’s current promotional basket
Driving consumption of South Africa’s apple and pear crop is one of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, South Africa’s favourite apple and pear brand, and the largest exporter ...Second locust wave could dampen East Africa’s harvest hopes
Despite significant gains in the battle against desert locust infestations in 10 countries, mostly in East Africa, food security remains at risk, especially as a second ...How planting a garden can boost bees, local food and resilience during the coronavirus crisis
City gardeners are dependant on wild insects to make their gardens thrive. (Shutterstock) With the arrival of spring, many people have been starting to think about ...
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