Study: Certain crops such as maize and sorghum tolerate ozone pollution better than others
A recent study has shown that differences in the photosynthetic “machinery” of certain crop plants can make them more or less prone to harm...
Cameroonian entrepreneur leverages climate-smart greenhouses to stabilize food prices amid hikes
By Amindeh Blaise Atabong
Since last year, prices of basic food stuffs have been soaring across local markets in Cameroon, caused in part by...
Solynta’s hybrid potato breeding technology poised to unlock smallholders’ production potential in Kenya
By Zablon Oyugi
An innovative hybrid true potato seed (HTPS) breeding technology being introduced in Kenya by Solynta, a Dutch-based potato breeding technology company, is...
FAO strengthening countries’ capacities in desert locust risk reduction in East Africa and the...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is conducting a 5-day training workshop for technical officers in charge of desert locust...
COP28: CGIAR and partners launch innovation sprint on gender and climate action
The world’s leading agriculture innovation network, CGIAR and 20 partners have committed US$31 million over four years (2023-2027) to ensure that climate innovations in...
IFAD unveils new financing mechanism to up support to smallholder food producers in East...
The United Nation’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and partners has unveiled a new financing mechanism to beef up support to small-scale food...
Kenya Nut Company Installs First Commercial On-Site Green Ammonia System for Carbon-Free Fertilizer Production
Kenya Nut Company, a multi-national agricultural business based in Kenya, announced today that it has partnered with TalusAg, a green ammonia technology company, to...
EWS-KT in an MoU to raise awareness of economic and nutritional potential of vegetables...
East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation (EWS-KT), a non-profit corporate foundation with unique ties to East-West Seed Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with...
Over 200,000 farmers to benefit from IFAD, ADB initiative to boost dryland farming in...
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Indonesia signed a new initiative aimed at transforming dryland farming to make...
Scientists develop drought resistant, high yielding sorghum varieties suitable for dry regions of Africa
By Zablon Oyugi
Drought stress occurring during the critical growth stages of sorghum, including pre- and-post flowering period of the crop, has had a detrimental...