Mabon Targets 5000 Hectares Irrigation Water Supply
Mabon Limited, an indigenous Nigerian conglomerate with operations in energy and petroleum services has disclosed a plan to increase irrigation water supply from the current...
Category : Irrigation
Egypt’s Irrigation Minister, Director of Water Department at the African Development Bank discuss cooperation
Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sweilam met with Osiard Chanda — Director of the Water Department at the African Development Bank (AfDB)...
Boost For Weiwei Irrigation Scheme Farmers As KVDA Issues Farm Machinery
Farmers from the Weiwei irrigation scheme in the semi-arid areas of Sigor constituency, Pokot Central Sub County, stand a high chance of lifting themselves from...
Argentine grain harvests threatened by persistent drought
Argentina lost half of its seasonal soybean harvest in its main production area – the rich and normally humid center of the country – due...
Sugar tax the main threat to the industry in 2023
This was according to Trix Trikam, executive director of the South African Sugar Association (SASA). “Any increase in the rate of the [sugar tax] in...
Rolling blackouts: SA irrigation farmers at the risk of losing all
South Africa’s agriculture sector is on the cusp of a devastating catastrophe because of the country’s inability to provide sufficient electricity to keep the wheels...
Turkana County To Invest Sh600mn In Mega Drip Irrigation Schemes
Turkana county government plans will invest at least Sh600 million on a new mega drip irrigation project to boost food security. Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai said...
Ecolab to recycle domestic wastewater for irrigation
A partnership agreement has just been signed between the government of Egypt and the American company Ecolab. The water treatment and purification solutions provider will...
New irrigation tech: a game-changer for Africa’s smallholder farmers
As Africa faces the threat of climate change, and as population growth increases demand for food, smallholder farmers, who form the bulk of the continent’s...
Govt Must Prioritise Irrigation, Consider Insurance For Smallholder Farmers
Federal and state governments have been told to shift attention to irrigation away from rain farming due to the perennial flooding across the country. The...