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Kenya: Horticulture Sector Gets Sh1.5bn Boost to Ensure Quality Produce

The government has set aside Sh1.5 billion to cushion farmers and exporters of fresh produce under a stimulus programme. The funding seeks to ensure continuous...

SA agriculture posts strong growth in Q2 of 2020

Following a good start to 2020 with first quarter agriculture GDP rebounding strongly by 28.6% quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted annualised, the sector posted another impressive...

US$15m investment for horticultural firm

Leading horticultural firm, Nhimbe Fresh Produce, has secured US$15 million for its Stone Fruit project in Marondera in the Mashonaland East Province from a...

Boosting agricultural productivity via small-scale vertical farming

A quick Internet search of the term ‘vertical farming’ produces images of seemingly futuristic buildings housing an abundance of luxuriant plant life. While these...

Management: the key to improving soil health

Danie Bester farms on Rietbult near Balfour in Mpumalanga, and his scientific approach to production is well known in the industry at large. He...

Lessons from Danish researchers and farmers

Danish researchers have developed a wide variety of products and technologies aimed at assisting that country’s farmers, and by extension, those across the globe,...

Contaminants threatening the health of soil and water

Most processes in agriculture use chemical intervention either to boost plant or animal production, or to prevent or treat diseases. Whilst such chemicals may...

Conservation alliances protect natural heritage

In 2010, Charl van der Merwe finally completed construction of a dam on the Doring River, which runs through his farm, Brakfontein, 100km from...

Breaking the cycle of child labour in agriculture

A recent US government-funded report from National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago found that the world’s biggest chocolate companies had failed...

Is data the new soil in agri?

One of the biggest shifts in farming over the past few years has been the move towards connectivity. The connected farmer concept goes beyond basic...

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