Category : International
Cattle Markets In Summer Dog Days
Packers in the southern plains showed little interest in acquiring cattle and feedyards continued to pass on $109 bids at the end of the week....
FAO calls for more support for African farmers in face of climate change
According to participants at the Africa Food Security Leadership Dialogue hosted by the Government of Rwanda in Kigali on 5-6 August, resilience must be boosted...
Shifting to a plant-based diet to significantly help fight climate change: GODAN
Andre Laperrière, executive director of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), has highlighted the impact of Western appetite on global warming and the...
Agrotop to build a large-scale breeding farm in Nigeria
Agrotop, one of the leading global players in livestock turnkey projects, has announced to build a large-scale pullet and breeding farm for Agrited, Nigeria’s leading...
Global firms sign deal to improve food quality and agricultural sustainability
The transaction includes the exchange of all shares of Corteva’s wholly-owned subsidiary Taxon Biosciences along with an equity investment by Corteva in Lavie. As consideration...
Water Ways Technologies signs two irrigation projects in Ethiopia
The first project consists of the installation of advanced irrigation technology assembled at a 3,000 ha sugar cane field and the supply of various components,...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) in Nigeria met a private sector consortium from China to help attract investment through partnerships in the development of special agro-Industrial processing zones (SAPZs) across Africa
The Bank delegation, led by Professor Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, senior special adviser on industrialization to the AfDB’s president, paid a courtesy call to Nigeria’s vice-president Yemi...
Grapes Indaba convenes in Italy
Italian and foreign producers, buyers, technologists and importers are set to convene at Table Grape Meeting during Macfrut. The inaugural edition of the Table Grape...
German company planning French Fries production in Zambia expects to start operations this year.
A company that will locally produce French Fries or potato chips for both the Zambian and regional export markets is expected to commence operations this...