Around two-thirds of those facing acute hunger are concentrated in just eight countries. (Image source: FAO)
Around 113mn people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, compared to 124mn in 2017, according to a report by European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP)
The move aims to enhance capacity in the areas of agro-financing and entrepreneurship development for African countries. (Image source: IBM Research/Flickr)
Ministry of External Affairs in India has signed an MoU agreement with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Consultancy Service (NABCONS) to set up India-Africa Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development (IAIARD) in Malawi
Nutmeg fruit and seed is rich in a range of mineral nutrients including potassium (K), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn) and copper (Cu) (Image source: Omex)
Dr Terry Mabbett has highlighted Nutmeg nutrition facts and disease management strategies
Mamut’s capability to perform simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), enabling the robot to react and learn from unstructured routes in real time. (Image source: Cambridge Consultants)
British tech firm, Cambridge Consultants has announced an agritech AI-powered autonomous robotic platform that navigates orchards and fields to identify when crops are at the optimum level for picking
FAO is convening a meeting of officials from the affected countries. (Image source: uacescomm/Flickr)
A plant pest alien to Asia is sweeping across the continent causing serious damage to crops and livelihoods
