Crops
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Lagos to train 15,000 youths in agriculture value chains
Lagos state government has decided to train and empower around 15,000 youths and the unemployed in the next four years in agricultural value chains ... -
Somalia: Worst harvest since 2011, two million expected to go hungry
Somalia’s 2019 cereal harvest is the poorest the country has seen since 2011, when famine strained already scarce resources, the Food and Agriculture Organization ... -
Picking the Right Hybrid
Can Farmers Use the Same Criteria When Picking the Right Nitrogen Source? I’ve been hearing all the chatter of the field days showcasing the ... -
Bayer provides produce growers with holistic approach to field challenges during first ever Agriculture and Innovation Showcase
Through innovation and collaboration, Bayer brings new solutions to customers across the produce value chain. De Ruiter and Seminis seed brands discuss sustainable and ... -
Angola, SA partner to grow agribusiness and ecotourism in Africa
Angola, being rich in natural resources is determined to develop a strategic and strong relationship with South Africa as a business partner; as such, ... -
AfDB, Portugal and Cabo Verde to accelerate agribusiness, private sector development
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the governments of Cabo Verde and Portugal have signed a country-specific memorandum of understanding to implement the Lusophone ... -
South African grapefruit season to end earlier
A very marketable crop of grapefruit, with a size distribution peaking on counts 40 and 45 and a higher percentage of class 1 exports ... -
Malawi:Disease resistant potato seeds launched in Dedza
In an effort to combat diseases which have been hampering potato yields for the past two years in Dedza, International Potato Centre (CIP) recently ... -
World’s food supply ‘under threat’ from increasing loss of biodiversity, warns UN report
Plants, animals and micro-organisms crucial to indirectly upholding the human diet are dying out, study shows the world’s food supplies are increasingly under threat ... -
Nigeria: World Bank’s U.S.$200 Million Project Targets 360,000 Farmers
Lagos — The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement and Action (MoA) with Agro-Processing, Productivity ...
