A 2005 agreement between Ethiopia and the Dutch firm gave it access to 12 teff varieties to develop new teff-based products for the European market. The company was to share the ... Read more »
Kenyan scientists have joined their contemporaries in the United States, New Zealand and Colombia in researching means to reduce harmful methane emissions by breeding less ... Read more »
Uganda is stockpiling their coffee in response to the high demand and low prices being paid by importers of their brew in Europe and elsewhere. Read more »
Using science, technology and innovation could help promote the use of urban agriculture to sustain food and nutrition security in African cities, writes SciDev.Net. Read more »
Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has denied claims that he promised former first lady Grace Mugabe a vice presidential post in exchange for her support in his bid to form ... Read more »
When Steve Mbugua uprooted more than 500 coffee trees on his half-acre farm 8 years ago and replaced them with 500 seedlings of Hass avocados, his neighbours thought he was making ... Read more »
The government's proposal to make changes to the Cashewnut Industry Act has sparked a heated debate in parliament. Currently the law requires that 65% of the crop export levy be ... Read more »
Data from the ministry of agriculture shows that Kenya's coffee best peak was at 129,000 tonnes in 1988-89, which has since dropped to 40,700 tonnes in the 2016-17 year. Kiambu ... Read more »
Agriculture is a risky business in Africa due to dangers such as uncertain weather and poor rural infrastructure but a new detailed guide on the status of and opportunities for ... Read more »
Deep sea diving for the worm-like marine animals - a delicacy selling for hundreds of dollars in Asia - can lead to death, injury or paralysis, but many young men in the Indian ... Read more »
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