Agriculture in Africa

firstwave aquaculture

Innovation sees Zambian farm become Africa’s leader in aquaculture

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By George Munene “When we first started the company in 2015, our minds were fixed on fish production, however, getting adequate fingerlings became an issue, meaning we had to figure out how to spawn our own. Getting quality feeds was the next major hurdle we faced, this necessitated another pivot to include feed production. Lastly, …

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African armyworm

Sex trap tame devastating African armyworm

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The African armyworm, scientifically known as Spodoptera exempta, is a particularly devastating pest. An early warn­ing sys­tem using traps that fake the smell of mat­ing fe­male moths has de­livered a break­through in coun­ter­ing the spread of the army­worm, which can move into an area and dev­ast­ate en­tire crops. The over 2 mil­lion farm­ers in Kenya …

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