African Farming and Food Processing

18/11/2024

Dr Terry Mabbett speaks with OMEX technical sales manager, Ben Odunlami and export sales manager, Oskar Winkler about the foliar application of their products to nut tree crops like cashew.

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14/11/2024

🌿 Cocoa Black Pod Disease is a major threat to Ghana’s cocoa farmers, affecting crop yields and livelihoods. Certis Belchim NL innovative Valis Plus fungicide offers a powerful solution with less environmental impact, ensuring healthier crops and better harvests.

Discover how Valis Plus is helping farmers protect their cocoa: https://zurl.co/XiQT

Cocoa production, a significant economic driver in many African countries, faces numerous challenges

26/09/2024

On 14 November, the DLG-Feldtage is organising the Young Farmers Day, which attracts young people from Germany and from countries across Europe.

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26/09/2024

VIV Africa the leading trade show for agriculture, dairy and poultry professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa, has announced its much-anticipated transformation from Poultry Africa.

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26/09/2024

Focused on reducing Somalia's reliance on imported chicken meat, the Türk İşbirliği ve Koordinasyon Ajansı Başkanlığı - TİKA recently launched the 'Breeding Broiler Production Project' in the region.

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30/08/2024

AU-IBAR is hosting a National Stakeholders Consultative and Validation Workshop from 20-24 August in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

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21/08/2024

The African Agri Council has called for nominations from industry leaders, professionals, and stakeholders across the continent for the Agri Investment Indaba Awards.

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09/08/2024

DENSO CORPORATION and its group company, Certhon have designed an innovative robot that can perform a series of cherry truss tomato harvesting tasks in a fully automatic manner.

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31/07/2024

CNH Industrial recently announced its partnership with Oxfam South Africa to support two social projects namely, the Sumud Project and the Social Factory Initiative in Tunisia and South Africa.

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26/07/2024

In the face of limited resources, Central veterinary laboratory in Zimbabwe and Directorate of Government Analytical Laboratory in Uganda must explore mechanisms to attract funds to facilitate routine operations and ensure sustainable service-delivery.

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25/07/2024

A new report from IDTechEx considered 15 machine types across construction, agriculture, and mining, evaluating the needs of each and matching them up against existing and emerging battery technologies.

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25/07/2024

Dr Terry Mabbett in conversation with Omex Agrifluids technical sales manager, Ben Odunlami and export sales manager, Oskar Winkler discusses the programme and schedule for foliar feeding bulb onion crops throughout Africa.

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When thinking about tropical crops, onions are not the first things that spring to mind but contrary to such notions, onions are grown throughout the tropics

10/07/2024

Building on the success of the previous edition, Adisseo announces the launch of the third edition of the International Research Grant to fund research projects addressing key challenges in animal nutrition.

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This Grant will allocate US$1mn over the next three years to fund research projects addressing key challenges in animal nutrition

10/07/2024

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has established a vegetable and moringa garden in the Yaloufoiram village of Niger, boosting women employment.

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Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has established a vegetable and moringa garden in the Yaloufoiram village of Niger, boosting women employment

10/07/2024

Set to take place from 2-3 October at the Kigali Convention Centre (KCC) in Rwanda, VIV Africa 2024, previously known as Poultry Africa promises to be a landmark gathering for professionals from around the globe.

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Agricultural news and event listings from exhibitions and conferences from the African agricultural and food processing industry

09/07/2024

The Africa Fertiliser Financing Mechanism’s trade guarantee project in Cote d’Ivoire is a US$2mn guarentee scheme which was set up to enable farmers to receive capacity-building in fertiliser use and good agricultural practices, while also helping them obtain fertilisers on credit from international fertiliser distributors like OCP AFRICA

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The trade guarantee project in Cote d’Ivoire was set up to enable farmers to receive apacity-building in fertiliser use and good agricultural practices

04/07/2024

Africa's fastest-growing local hotel chain, CityBlue Hotels has taken an equity position in the B2B platform Farm to Feed, which sources imperfect surplus produce directly from farmers, increasing their income and fighting food loss.

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CityBlue Hotels has taken an equity position in the B2B platform Farm to Feed, which sources imperfect surplus produce directly from farmers

04/07/2024

Bühler Group is playing a major role in improving self-sufficiency with its new Grain Processing Innovation Centre (GPIC), which is scheduled to open on 11 July in Kano, Nigeria.

Read more: https://africanfarming.net/technology/infrastructure/buehler-to-open-grain-processing-innovation-centre-in-nigeria

Demand for food, extreme weather and political conflicts are disrupting established food value chains, causing food security to become a critical issue