BII, Shell Foundation invest $2.6M to support 9,000 Kenyan smallholders increase farmland productivity
Some 9,000 more smallholder farmers in Kenya are poised to increase farmland productivity in a sustainable way and contribute to the region’s goal of...
AfDB welcomes proposals for climate adaptation projects in 37 low-income African countries
The African Development Bank Group has launched the first call for climate adaptation proposals for the Climate Action Window (CAW) during the COP28 climate...
AIM for Climate more than doubles investments to $17B, partners to 600+, and innovation...
The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), a global initiative spearheaded by the United Arab Emirates and the United States, today announced...
Six from Natural and Agricultural Sciences receive PhDs at December graduations
Thursday, after years of hard work, a group of PhD graduates in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of the...
Seventy-Eight Food Systems Leaders graduate from AGRA’s Center for African Leaders in Agriculture (CALA)...
Today, 78 emerging leaders in food systems graduated from the Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture (CALA) programme hosted by AGRA. The centre is...
Kenya set to send 1,500 agricultural workers to Israel
By Zablon Oyugi
Kenya is sending 1,500 farm workers to Israel, according to the East African nation’s Ministry of Labour.
Shadrack Mwadime, the ministry’s Principal Secretary...
EU live transport proposal not enough to end animal suffering, say animal welfare campaigners
The European Commission’s proposal to reform the EU’s outdated rules for the transport of live animals, published today (7 December), rolls back on some...
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...
Oil-free beer and wine processing with ELGi’s AB and OF compressor series from Integrated...
“If one drop of oil can contaminate 100 litres of fresh water, just imagine the potential harm that the ingress of oil vapours during...
The Veganuary 2024 campaign kicks off helping people lose weight and get healthier
Launched in 2014, Veganuary is an annual challenge that encourages people to consume plant-based foods for the month of January. In 2023 alone 706,965 people from...