International News
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For sustainable agriculture in West Africa, let’s leave our echo chambers
Regional governments are supporting agroecology with one hand and business as usual with the other. ustainable agriculture is growing fast in West Africa, and ... -
Successful agricultural enterprises and smart policy: Eight case studies
From tomato processors in Nigeria helping to reduce the country’s import bill to cooperation between governments to establish a minimum price for cocoa, Neil ... -
Africa can feed the world, says AGRF MD Debisi Araba
Ahead of the AGRF 2020 Summit, managing director Debisi Arabatalks to us about the challenges and opportunities facing Africa’s agricultural secto Amid the disruption ... -
Averting hunger in sub-Saharan Africa requires data and synthesis
Mobile phones provide farmers in Kenya with crop information by text, and enable surveys of pandemic effects on supplies of food and seed. Credit: ... -
In COVID-19–Hit Africa, Agricultural Research Feels the Pinch
Munyaradzi Makoni The pandemic and accompanying lockdowns have meant missing growing seasons and losing out on key data. As restrictions are partially lifted, researchers ... -
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 ... -
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’ ... -
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. ... -
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. ... -
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 ...
