NAMPO Harvest Day 2026 draws 81,822 visitors, sets single-day record of 24,579 attendance
The 59th edition of the annual NAMPO Harvest Day closed on a high note last Friday after drawing 81,822 visitors over four days, narrowly...
Rwanda’s school meals initiative drives higher income for local farmers
Rwanda provides school meals to almost 4.8 million students – one of the country’s most ambitious investments in education, nutrition, and child wellbeing. However,...
Op-Ed: How West Africa is winning the fight against pesticide resistance in Africa
By Mr Ibrahim Traoré, Regional Coordinator for West Central Africa, CropLife Africa Middle East ,And Mr Tété Awokou, President, Regional Programme for Integrated Cotton...
Celebrating 25 Years of Driving Africa’s Development
AUDA-NEPAD marks a quarter-century of connecting communities, strengthening economies and improving lives across Africa
The African Union Development Agency – NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) officially launched its...
Grain SA champions financing, market expansion, and value-chain solutions at NAMPO 2026
Grain SA used the second day of the NAMPO Harvest Day 2026 to intensify discussions with government and financial institutions around the urgent financial...
Syngenta celebrates 25 harvests of partnership and innovation
Despite real challenges facing agriculture, the "extraordinary" strength, ingenuity and resilience of South African farmers create optimism and belief that the best of South...
New pilot supports youth-owned micro-farms to fight unemployment and food insecurity
South Africa is grappling with two interconnected challenges: persistently high youth unemployment and declining local food production. A new pilot is testing whether both...
Bayer and bp to scale camelina as intermediate biofuel crop
Bayer and bp today announced that they have entered a long-term strategic alliance to jointly scale the crop camelina, under the brand name newgold™....
Bayer teams up with UN migration agency to fight hunger
Bayer is pleased to announce the delivery of high-quality vegetable and corn seed to communities in Africa and Ukraine as part of an ongoing...
Imperative secures $91M for land restoration, Amazon signs offtake
Imperative, the Nature Infrastructure Company™, has taken final investment decision on Phase 2 of its Spekboom Ecosystem Restoration Project in South Africa, backed by...