The notion that water is plentiful — it covers 70% of the planet — is false, as only 2.5% of all water is freshwater. This limited resource will need to support a projected population of 9.7 billion in 2050; and by that date, an estimated 3.9 billion — or over…

Commodity spotlight is designed to provide background information about commodities like Rice, Maize, Sesame and Sorghum produced and consumed in West Africa. Overview Cocoa is the plant from which byproducts such as chocolate, butter, liquor and chocolate powder is made. …

Commodity spotlight is designed to provide background information about commodities like Rice, Maize, Cashew and Sorghum produced and consumed in West Africa. Overview Cashew is a high value cash-crop known for its vast variation of uses and byproducts such as a kidney-shaped seed known as Cashew nut. Its tree is…

Commodity spotlight is designed to provide background information about commodities like Rice, Maize, Sesame and Sorghum produced and consumed in West Africa. Overview Nearly 535 million metric tonnes of rice is produced globally per year. Out of over 80 countries that produce rice, China is the world’s leading paddy rice…

Commodity spotlight is designed to provide background information about commodities like Rice, Maize, Millet and Sorghum produced and consumed in West Africa. Overview Over 27.8 million ton of millet is produced globally. The most important millet producers in the world are India, Niger, China, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso and Chad…

In a bid to make a case for innovative storage, there is a need to understand the challenges farmers and value-chain key players encounter, the severity of this challenge and the frequency of its occurrence, and perhaps this might remind of us how important it is to leverage innovative…

Farmers in developing countries are frequently exposed to the uncertainties of weather, prices and disease. Many farmers live on the edge of extreme uncertainty, sometimes falling just below, and sometimes rising just above the threshold of survival. Many farmers do not know whether rainfall will be good or bad over…

Hydroponics farming system seem a bit like farming technology from the future. Hydroponics provides an answer to the world’s growing concerns: diminishing soil quality, and water scarcity. Due to these growing concerns, the world’s interest in hydroponics has increased greatly. Hydroponics is a soil-less, water-conserving, and high-density production technique. Hydroponics is a unique kind of farming that uses limited resources to achieve…

Earlier this year, the Binkabi team engaged in high-level conferences in different cities around the world and as we progress in the second quarter of 2019, we are excited to announce that senior executives of Binkabi will be speaking in some of the highest profile Agricultural and Global Commodity Trade…