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VADEMCO secures US$20mn investment for Liberia’s agricultural growth

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240258

Vainga Agriculture Development and Management Consultancy (VADEMCO), a Liberian agribusiness and service provider, is set to secure a US$20mn investment fund, marking another significant stride

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ThriveAgric and Heifer International empower 125,000 smallholders

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240186

Agricultural technology company, ThriveAgric, in collaboration with global nonprofit organisation, Heifer International, hosted a breakfast meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, to mark the official launch of

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Cherry packhouses experience benefits of TOMRA LUCAi

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240165

After one full season with TOMRA LUCAi, three cherry growers who installed the technology confirmed that they benefitted from higher productivity; enhanced quality selection with consequent higher

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Harpe Bioherbicide signs license for CRISPR-Cas9

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240195

Harpe Bioherbicide Solutions, Inc., an agricultural technology company, has executed a joint intellectual property licensing agreement with Corteva Agriscience and the Broad Institute of MIT

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SFR intensifies collaboration with FeedValid

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240192

Schothorst Feed Research (SFR) and FeedValid are intensifying their collaboration on a number of issues including additional research into new and existing animal feed ingredients, consultancy

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Investments for an enhanced sustainable manufacturing 4.0

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240179

Symaga’s strong commitment to the preservation of its natural environment, has urged the company to increase the overall capacity of their solar plant from 200

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AFC leads commercial funding for million dollar project

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240216

Africa’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), is leading the commercial funding for a US$413mn package to finance the engineering, procurement and construction

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Ministry of Agriculture conducts meeting to assess Eritrea’s agricultural activity progress

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240272

Focusing on the first quarter’s progress and the five-year strategic plan, the Ministry of Agriculture conducted an activity assessment meeting on 30 May in the

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Moving towards a sustainable integrated agriculture-aquaculture system

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240461

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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“New Generation” Tornado: the Universal Spreader with Narrow Body!

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 2024

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240272

JOSKIN’s “new generation” Tornado is a remarkable evolution in muck spreaders, offering significant improvements and a modernised design Since its creation in the late ’90s,