Uganda sets date for this season’s vanilla harvest to prevent premature beans from getting...
The government of Uganda through the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Fisheries has announced harvest date for vanilla to its farmers to avoid...
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...
Automated plant cultivation in the greenhouse is the future
(DLG).Indoor farming has established itself as a visionary model in the transformation towards more sustainable agriculture. The modern and increasingly vertical greenhouses require a...
Mozambique: African Development Bank adopts new Country Strategy Paper covering 2023-2028
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has endorsed the Bank’s 2023-2028 Country Strategy Paper for Mozambique on 13 June 2023....
Conceptainer’s TELLAP pallet-free bulk bags for safely handling food commodities, including nuts
Conceptainer - specialists in the design and local manufacture of labelling, packaging, transport and storage solutions – has developed solutions to protect product integrity...
Uganda in partnership with FAO, China launches high-yielding climate smart rice to up farmers’...
Uganda, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) in partnership with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and...
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...
How precision technology is making a difference to farm and family
For farmers, time is a scarce commodity, but it can be key to a successful harvest. To meet growing demands for farming produce, farmers...
Kenya plans to borrow key lessons from Colombia to boost its coffee production
Kenya has announced that it will work with Colombia to borrow coffee production and value addition lessons from the South American nation.
This follows a...
Developing Proper Irrigation to Avoid Soil Erosion on Farms
Improper irrigation techniques can wash away soil as much as heavy rain can. But watering crops is often crucial to their survival, so farmers...