The Kenyan maize farmers are looking forward for a bumper harvest of 46m bags this season. The Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri, revealed this adding that the harvest would be a welcome ...
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The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) is currently struggling to sell imported maize. The maize in question was imported under the subsidy program meant to cushion consumers from high flour ...
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Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural economist at FNB Agri-Business South Africa : Following a stellar performance in 2017, South Africa’s agriculture output shrank by massive 29.2% in the ...
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By Nita Karume : It often goes without saying that the prices of agricultural produce in dry seasons are often much higher than produce in the rainy seasons. This is because rain-fed agriculture ...
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“Poland and Kenya share a similar story, whereby Poland underwent a major agricultural transition period of mechanisation, optimisation and adapting new technologies to farming sector comprising of ...
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A farmer holds an army worm found feeding on her maize crop at a Farm in Zimbabwe The Zimbabwe government has declared the fall armyworm as a threat to the national food security. As such, it has ...
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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) or in this case seeds are manufactured in a lab as a means to boost agriculture and food security in Africa. However, the move continues to face resistance from ...
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Did you know that there were 37 African countries on the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Low-Income Food_Deficit Countries list in 2016? Furthermore, they state that the ...
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Ghana’s Complete Farmer recently launched a web platform that is making farming accessible to anyone. The platform enables users are to sponsor farms in exchange for guaranteed returns on investment ...
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CABI is leading a consortium, funded by the UK Space Agency’s International Partnership Programme (IPP), developing a Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE), which uses state-of-the-art technology to ...
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