aBi Development has unveiled an ambitious strategic framework aimed at fostering climate-resilient, green, and inclusive agro-industrial growth in Uganda by 2028.
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The African greenhouse industry is experiencing significant growth, yet it faces mounting pressures that demand strategic decision-making from growers. Dr. Estelle Kempen of Stellenbosch University highlights the importance of optimizing production systems by integrating modern technologies.
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If we are serious about Africa’s agricultural development and the broad political statements of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and others, African regional countries can benefit from looking at the South African agricultural success story of private sector-led growth!
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In a historic move to enhance Ghana’s food security and reduce the country’s dependency on wheat imports, the CSIR-Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI) and Arima Farms have launched a novel wheat initiative aimed at introducing high-yielding, climate-resilient wheat varieties suited to Ghana’s agricultural conditions.
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Destek designs and manufactures complete turnkey oil expelling plants or small standalone machines as required by oil processors. We have a complete workshop where the machines are manufactured and assembled. Destek seed oil extractors is not only the answer to all your seed extracting needs, but can also be an excellent business opportunity for African agripreneurs!
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Specialist agriculture investor AgDevCo has signed a long-term investment with Tropo Farms, the leading tilapia fish producer in West Africa and among the largest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tropo Farms employs 917 people and supplies fish to the local market through about 3,000 market traders, the majority of whom are women.
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Vanilla Vida – an Israeli startup addressing the vast mismatch between supply and demand in the natural vanilla market – has announced its first scaled harvest of vanilla plants grown via an indoor farming system that halves the time from planting to bloom and delivers higher yields of vanillin.
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AGI Frost Fans provide efficient and reliable frost protection against damage caused by frost in a variety of environments and temperatures. The company is expanding its presence in North America, marked by recent installations in Washington state and increased interest at the World Ag Expo. The AGI Frost Fan is an attractive and affordable solution for both smaller horticultural crop growers and bigger players.
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Avocado production in South Africa has expanded markedly since the industry’s humble beginnings over 80 years ago. From a small grove planted in 1938 in what was then Nelspruit, the industry has blossomed to the current seven million trees planted on around 20,000ha. Dr Guy Witney, project manager at Great Brak Avos shares his insights.
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Apple varieties with low chill requirements suitable for warmer parts of Africa are doing well in South Africa on nearly 500ha of trial plantings established in warmer areas across the country.
These varieties, that do not require the same number of chilling hours in winter as normal apples, are one of two ways in which climate change is being addressed and show much potential to enhance apple production elsewhere in Africa.