Choosing modern farming as a career
Agro-business: Patrick Iga Kinawoza, an agro-business farmer and proprietor of Farming Consult and Management Company limited was voted Uganda’s best farmer in 2014. He discusses...
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Tanzania seeks to be key rice producer in Africa
Tanzania is racing against time to become Africa’s rice hub. To begin with, the country wants to meet East Africa’s total rice demand, a senior...
Good irrigation decisions help save money
Climate change and environmental degradation are existential threats. That is why the European Union has set “sustainable growth” as one of its objectives. The goal...
Changing Nigeria’s Agric Landscape Through Innovation, Technology
The introduction of tracking devices that allow farmers to book tractor services from local tractor owners via a mobile phone app, which is part of...
The smart-irrigation tech companies to watch in 2022
The global-smart irrigation market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 15,2% from 2021 to 2030, according to Quince Market Insights. And...
Record levels of child hunger reported in Horn of Africa
Action Against Hunger is the anti-poverty group that raises alarm over war-torn Somalia. Action Against Hunger reported that Somalia has experienced the worst levels of...
Agric Ministry directs MMDAs to enforce temporary ban on export of grains
The Agriculture Ministry has directed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to strictly enforce a temporary ban on the export of grains including soya beans,...
Leverage on technologies to improve farming
Professor Osei-Agyeman Yeboah, Project Coordinator of North Carolina Agriculture and Technical University has called on farmers to integrate innovations and technology in farming to achieve...