Africa’s small-scale fisheries play a critical role in global food security and must be supported with greater research and investment, say international and African experts. Industry, NGO, ...
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Zebras, specifically odours found in their skin, may provide leads to boost the management of the deadly and devastating African trypanosomosis disease, which is transmitted by tsetse flies to people ...
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Professor Baldwyn Torto, Principal Scientist and Head, Behavioural and Chemical Ecology (BCEU), at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Kenya, has been awarded ...
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As expected, the latest Crop Estimates Committee’s (CEC) production estimate report showed an upward revision to the February estimate for maize to 10.56 million tons. This follows good rains since ...
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Female stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) on donkey dung (Photo: Dr Robert Copeland, icipe) Researchers at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), in collaboration with ...
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AFGRI Technology Services (“ATS”), which focuses on the development and implementation of agricultural technology (“AgTech”) solutions, will be partnering with the University of Pretoria’s (“UP”) ...
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By Dr Roelof Botha (GIBS Faculty – part-time) and Prof Ilse Botha (University of Johannesburg) Executive Summary Any doubts over the overwhelming impact that the debate on land expropriation ...
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By Udeme Etukeyen AKWA IBOM, Nigeria, - Seen from afar, Nigeria is one large African nation and the continent's most robust economy, but within the powerhouse that Nigeria represents ...
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South Africa : Ask Cape Flats-born Jamie Fredericks about her biggest challenge to date and the recently appointed 25-year-old assistant white-wine maker at Nederburg is unequivocal in her response: ...
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By Nita Karume : A group of young Rwanda innovators have come up with a solar powered technology that enables farmers to irrigate their farms “hands free”. The technology uses solar-fueled sensors ...
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