Brenna Shumbamhini, Author at subsahara farmers Journal

Revolutionising crop growth with first-ever organic waste to soil enhancing technology

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240241

Abu Dhabi waste management company, Tadweer recently announced a US$2.5mn pilot project with UK start-up, Aquagrain, which has developed a unique soil enhancing technology that...

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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Receives Agricultural Machinery from Government and People’s Republic of China, Expresses Hope to Tackle Food Insecurity

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240327

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received agricultural machinery from the Chinese Government to boost the country’s efforts at tackling food insecurity through...

Aquaculture Featured

Moving towards a sustainable integrated agriculture-aquaculture system

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240319

WorldFish in collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy has launched a revolutionary solar-powered aquaponics greenhouse in Egypt, demonstrating a move towards a sustainable integrated agriculture-aquaculture- (IAA)...

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Adisseo announces launch of third edition of International Research Grant

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240341

Building on the success of the previous edition, this Grant will allocate US$1mn over the next three years to fund research projects addressing key challenges...

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Verdi partners with NEC X to scale farm automation

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240391

NEC X, the innovation accelerator from Silicon Valley, supported by the advanced technology portfolio of NEC, has announced its latest investment in Verdi Expeditions Inc.,...

AGRI-INPUTS Featured

Trimble donates US$100,000 to World Food Programme

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240249

As humanitarian crisis spreads across the globe, leaving millions of people hungry in its wake, Trimble Agriculture on the occasion or World Food Day, extended...

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Discussing Food Sufficiency in Ethiopia and other Poorest Nations in the Horn of Africa

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240281

By geographic definition, Ethiopia is located in East Africa. It is landlocked in the Horn of Africa and shares borders with Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia....

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Iowa State University researchers strive to improve poultry health in Africa

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240339

As part of an international effort to improve the health of small poultry flocks of indigenous chickens, researchers from the Iowa State University have been...

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AVID purchases carbon credits from SunCulture

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240248

Climate-focused fintech company AVID Climate LLC, recently announced its collaboration with SunCulture, offering fractionalised investment assets – AVID Climate Units (ACUs) – which are in...

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DAC to combat El Nino impacts in Zimbabwe

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240384

The El Nino Drought Action Committee (DAC) was set up by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Zimbabwe...