Climate envoy urged to make animal welfare part of the discussion during Africa Climate...
World Animal Protection and Partners have called upon African governments and the Africa Climate Summit 2023 to acknowledge the climate and environmental impact of...
Animal welfare activists increase calls to ban cage system poultry farming in East Africa
Animal welfare activists in East Africa region continue to call on governments to ban on cage system in poultry farming terming the system as...
Sexed semen: An opportunity to capture more value for cattle
Breeding with sexed semen can help your bottom line by creating cattle the market demands
Sexed semen breeding programs for the beef industry have primarily...
Kenyan Youth Discovers Affordable Animal Feed from Lake Victoria’s Water Hyacinth
The cost of animal feeds in Kenya has become all-time high raising the cost of farmers production and consequently the cost of various commodities.
This,...
Cargill and partners announce first Gold Standard-approved methane emissions reduction methodology for beef producers
The groundbreaking methodology will help beef producers better understand the impact of feed supplements, enabling projects to measure and quantify the reduction of methane...
Yara’s participation in Yara Cameroon acquired by NJS Group, the minority shareholder
Yara International ASA , a global leader in plant nutrition headquartered in Oslo, Norway, announces that it has finalized an agreement to sell its majority...
Urban dairy goat rearing earns farmer decent income in the outskirts of Nairobi city
About 15km from Nairobi’s central business district at the border of Nairobi and Kiambu County along Thika Supper Highway sits Githurai 45 Estate (also...
46 years old Rwandan woman turning cassava wastes into animal feeds, creates jobs and...
When Alice Nyirasagamba, 46, took a leap of faith and started Akanoze Nyamiyaga Ltd in 2018, her business approach was to processes cassava into...
De Heus, global livestock feeds manufacturer builds first aquaculture feed mill in Uganda
De Heus Animal Nutrition has successfully held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new aquaculture feed mill plant in Njeru, near Jinja in Uganda.
This state-of-the-art...
Study exposes the stark reality of drought resilience among smallholder livestock farmers
The agricultural sector is marked by farmers’ daily struggles, including price hikes, food security, climate change effects, and pest and disease outbreaks.
Prof Yonas T...