The global discourse’s broad-brush strokes must make room for the local reality’s fine detail The call for a green revolution is no longer a distant echo; it’s the resounding demand of the present. Much like an artisan weaver poised before a complex loom, the world faces the task of crafting a grand tapestry of sustainability. ...

Symaga keeps broadening its own product range of sensors by launching its new SY-DP1 pendular and SY-DR1 rotative sensor models and contributing to setting forward the trend initiated back in 2021 when the SY-SM1 membrane sensor was first rolled out. The SY-DP1 pendular sensor detects the maximum level of storage, is robust and simple, and ...

Droughts and other extreme weather phenomena threaten not only human lives, but also food security. And for a continent like Africa, where farming practices are not very profitable, the bill is even higher. In the Horn of Africa, the World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that at least 20 million people are at risk of famine ...

Agriculturally, Africa has the potential to feed itself and export its surplus, the Africa Food Systems Forum 2023 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was told this week by Kenyan president, William Ruto. He said it was time countries in Africa worked together to put to use their untapped resources – the continent’s extensive agricultural space ...

From left to right: Mr. Hussein Mohamed Bashe, Minister of Agriculture Tanzania; Dr. Demba Sabally, Minister of Agriculture, The Gambia; Dr. Henry Musa Kpaka, Minister of Agriculture, Sierra Leone; Dr. Victor Oladokun, Senior Adviser to the African Development Bank President The 2023 Africa Food Systems Summit held recently in Dar es Salam has called on ...

The Federal Government has launched the National Potato Strategy 2023–2028 as a springboard for the realisation of Nigeria’s aspiration to achieve food and nutrition security. The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr Ernest Umakhihe who stated this during the launching of the strategic plan in Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, said the ...

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in collaboration with Edo Agricultural Development Project (ADP) distributes maize seeds and agrochemicals to 39 maize farmers in Edo state. Dr Samuel Owoicho, the Edo Coordinator of the ministry, said maize seeds were distributed for late season planting which began in August. Owoicho noted that the programme ...

 Bank Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development Dr. Beth Dunford, (fourth from left) who met with Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan in June, returns to Dar es Salaam leading a Bank delegation to the Africa Food Systems Forum. The African Development Bank returns as a top-tier partner of the African Green Revolution Forum ...

African trade agreements should include environmental provisions to drive sustainable agricultural growth, finds new analysis The flagship Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) calls for the diversification of import sources to mitigate the adverse effects of the Ukraine crisis.  September DAR ES SALAAM – African trade agreements can boost agricultural imports and exports and curb the adverse effects ...

Daneel Rossouw, Head of Sales for Agriculture at Nedbank Commercial Banking Agriculture is a complex business that’s affected by an array of challenges, many of which are outside of producers’ control. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that to address these challenges, all stakeholders need to work together. Collaboration has a multiplier effect that amplifies the efforts ...