Natural solutions paramount for effective plant pest management

Jul 11, 2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Inter-governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) held a joint consultative workshop on biological control for pest management in Eastern Africa to highlight ecological methods of managing...

Members Discuss Applicants for First Grant in Climate Adaptation

Jun 30, 2023

Grow Further is getting closer to announcing its first-ever agricultural research grant recipients. On June 14, a second formal meeting was held where some of Grow Further’s pioneering members scrutinized a handful of applications proposing research that could help...

What is IPM?

Apr 5, 2023

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a combination of environmentally friendly and sensitive ways to approach pest management and good agricultural practices that is safe, not only for the environment but also for the end user. For farmers to make the correct choices...

An innovative agricultural competition inspired by football

Dec 13, 2022

In the village of Mudjoga, in North Kivu, DRC, farmers have devised an innovative agricultural competition inspired by football. The competition is called “agricultural match” and it consists of farmers demonstrating the application of certain cultivation practices....

Maize farmers welcome new insect control solution

Mar 19, 2022

Mzansi’s maize farmers are doing a happy dance after a global agriculture company introduced PowerCore, a new insect control solution, to the market. Corteva Agriscience says the high-performing, herbicide-resistant seed trait helps to protect crops from damaging...