https://www.bizcommunity.com/417/742.html Rest of Africa news 15 Agro-processing news - Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/417/742.html en-us Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:06:18 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/70/472/198698.html Healthy soils are vital to human survival. They play a pivotal role in feeding global populations - after all, food is grown in soil. Healthy soils grow more crops and allow for nutrients to be better absorbed by the crops. That's why it's important to understand exactly when there might be a problem with the soil of a particular area, and what's causing it. Without a precise diagnosis, soil can't be successfully treated. 1-198698 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:40:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agro-processing Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/742/194707.html The global beef market revenue amounted to $385.7bn in 2018, growing by 5.1% against the previous year. This according to the World - Beef (Cattle Meat) - Market Analysis, Forecast, Size, Trends and Insights, released by IndexBox. 1-194707 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:50:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agro-processing Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/499/193219.html Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) professor, Muthoni Masinde has developed a draught predicting tool to bridge the gap between indigenous knowledge and scientific knowledge. The tool, for Africa's small-scale farmers and flagship project called Information Technology and Indigenous Knowledge with Intelligence (ITIKI), was officially launched on 20-21 June 2019. 1-193219 Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:22:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agro-processing Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/742/193180.html Digitisation could change the game for agriculture in Africa. That's a key message in a report recently released by an international institution that enhances smallholder farming in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. 1-193180 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:21:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agro-processing Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/742/192796.html In SA annual postharvest food losses and wastes amount to 10 million tonnes, with about 95% of the food wastage occurring along the value chains prior to reaching the consumer. According to an interdisciplinary study at Stellenbosch University (SU), large amounts of citrus and grape by-products that are normally treated as waste and generally disposed of in landfills could potentially be used in the production of natural food preservatives. 1-192796 Thu, 04 Jul 2019 14:40:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agro-processing Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/358/192617.html CTA has awarded four grants to support the use of blockchain in agriculture across Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP). With CTA's support Bioversity International, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Erba 96 and Nitidae will implement blockchain projects in Côte d'Ivoire; Papua New Guinea; Sierra Leone; Trinidad and Tobago; and Uganda. 1-192617 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 10:12:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agro-processing Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/742/192514.html According to a 2019 report from the European Union titled Opportunities for South African emerging farmers in the European sustainable market, even with a 4% global market footprint, South Africa is still punching far below the growing avocado demand, which has seen a steep increase in international market prices. 1-192514 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:57:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agro-processing Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/520/191408.html The foraging behaviour of African penguins could provide useful information to aid fisheries management, a study conducted in South Africa suggests. 1-191408 Thu, 30 May 2019 11:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agro-processing Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/306/187484.html Greater international cooperation is needed to prevent unsafe food from causing ill health and hampering progress towards sustainable development, world leaders said at the opening session of the First International Food Safety Conference, in Addis Ababa, organised by the African Union (AU), the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). 1-187484 Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:28:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agro-processing Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/742/187100.html Last year, I boasted about South Africa's contribution to sub-Saharan maize production, after having contributed nearly 20% to total production for 2017/18 season. Furthering my indulgence, I compared South Africa's maize yields to then a second biggest producer in sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria. 1-187100 Thu, 07 Feb 2019 10:26:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agro-processing Rest of Africa