Nigeria is now the largest producer of cassava in the world. Mrs Karima Babangida, the Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Abuja, made the announcement at a workshop on cassava production ...
Voedsel is targeting to rake in US$75m from tobacco sales. The projections have been informed by the good rains received in various parts of the country. These have since brightened prospects of ...
CALLISTO® entered the herbicide market in 2001 as the industry’s first solo mesotrione product. Today, nearly 20 years later, it is still among the top-ranking choices of growers worldwide for weed ...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, National Agricultural Seed Council, NASC, and National Root Crops Research Institute, NRCRI, Thursday, disclosed efforts made to meet ...
The government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday launched an ambitious regional rice value-chain development project worth about 30 million dollars at a local hotel. ...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an agreement with South Sudan to give Juba a US $14m grant to boost agriculture. The Agricultural Markets, Value Addition and Trade Development ...
icipe releases wasp to control devastating tomato leafminer
In a landmark move for tomato production in Africa, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) has released a ...
Scientific experts are urging Kenyan smallholder farmers to embrace nature-based food production systems that guarantee food security and climate resilience amid shocks linked to the COVID-19 ...
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) again left the repo rate unchanged at a record low of 3.5% in its November 2020 meeting. The SARB’s inflation forecast indicates that it will be below the ...
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) , a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has approved a Grant Agreement for the Senegalese Groundnut Oil Processing ...