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Cotton Bollworm Affecting Crops in New South Wales, Australia

The cotton bollworm is affecting crops of canola in the Central West Slopes and Plains district of New South Wales. Helicoverpa armigera – also known as the corn earworm –…

October 25, 2011No CommentRead More

Africa Needs Food Security – Not Necessarily Food Self-Sufficiency

In Africa, agriculture is big business. The sector accounts for 30-40% of the continent’s GDP, and almost 60% of export earnings. Two thirds of Africa’s population depend on agriculture for…

September 6, 2011No CommentRead More

Kenyan Government Focuses on Irrigation as Solution to Food Security

Kenya and the Horn of Africa are struggling to emerge from the grip of food insecurity and drought. According to the Kenya Redcross, 12.4 million people have been exposed to…

August 17, 2011No CommentRead More

“Africa Can Feed Itself” – Professor Ratemo Michieka

Kenya and the Horn of Africa are capable of producing enough food for the people who live there, says Professor Ratemo Waya Michieka an expert agronomist and weed scientist. Prof…

August 15, 20111 CommentRead More

The Wine Group to Buy Loxton Winery in South Australia’s Riverland

The Wine Group is to buy the 100,000-ton yield Loxton winery on the banks of the river Murray in the Riverland region of South Australia. The Wine Group company operates…

August 12, 2011No CommentRead More

Kenya: Coffee Industry Bouncing Back to its ‘Black Gold’ Status

Kenya’s coffee industry which was dubbed as the ‘black gold’ in the 1980s to ’90s is bouncing back with its 7,000 small scale farmers and 3,000 large scale farmers earning…

June 14, 2011No CommentRead More

Kenya Integrates with Global Standards on Animal Disease and Veterinary Services

Kenya’s ministry of livestock development has identified the coast and Isiolo complex for the rearing of livestock for exportation. The country’s Minister of Livestock Development, Dr. Mohamed Kuti said Kenya…

June 7, 2011No CommentRead More

Agriculture: Paramount Citrus Corners Limes Market

Paramount Citrus has corned the lime market with a purchase of 9,500 acres of lime groves in Tabasco, Mexico. The purchase will make the company the largest vertically integrated provider of…

March 15, 2011No CommentRead More

South Africa: Parts of KwaZulu-Natal Declared Free of Foot and Mouth

The ban on the movement of all cloven-hoofed animals (domestic and wild), and any of their products, in the rest of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has been lifted, except in the Umkhanyakude,…

March 13, 2011No CommentRead More

Agriculture: UK Government Restricts Cattle Movement

Cattle born or reared in the UK before 1 August 1996 have had new movement restrictions placed on them as an extra precaution against meat from these older cattle entering…

March 8, 2011No CommentRead More