As Kenya’s cities grew, more and more people left their rural homes and subsistence farming systems to go to urban settlements like Mombasa to find work. In the city, meals were paid for with cash, a ...

A farmer harvests coffee in Othaya, Nyeri county /FILEAs Kenya pushes to reframe agriculture as a driver ofinclusive growth, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) says itis deepening ...

Li Xia, paralysed and ventilator-dependent, built a smart farm control system Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at age five, he left school but self-studied He learned programming online and ...

A paralysed Chinese man who can move only one finger and one toe has successfully developed a smart farm control system and founded a start-up. The determination of Li Xia, who is reliant on a ...

HYDERABAD: SmartGreen Aquaculture (SGA), a Hyderabad-based startup, has set up what is touted as India’s first inland, premium trout farming facility in Kandukur mandal of Telangana’s Ranga Reddy ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A 100-square-meter automated vertical plant factory in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, is capable of producing 50 metric tons of lettuce per year. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Smart ...

NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) — When Dickson Ngome first leased his farm at Lake Naivasha in Kenya’s Rift Valley in 2008, it was over 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from shore. The farm was on 1.5 acres (0.6 ...

One of Kenya’s sweetest fruits has landed on British soil. For the first time, the country recently shipped a consignment of its famous Apple mangoes to the United Kingdom—a milestone that marks the ...

NEW DELHI: (Jan 2) Startup firm Arya.ag on Friday said it has raised Rs 725 crore in a funding round from GEF Capital Partners to drive climate-smart agriculture and reduce food loss. The Series D ...