Sunflower farming an opportunity for local producers
Judging from recent reports and data, there is tremendous potential for increased sunflower production in South Africa. According to the Bureau for Food and...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Pledges $315 million to Support Innovations That Help Smallholder...
Today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged US $315 million to the CGIAR global agriculture research partnership to help hundreds of millions of smallholder...
Dairy farmers in Taita Taveta, Kenya receives major boost
Smallholder dairy farmers in Taita Taveta County, Kenya are already reaping the benefits of a partnership by the County administration, the National Government and...
High-level UN delegation to visit farmers and review progress of rural development projects in...
A high-level delegation of Executive Board members and senior staff of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) began an official one-week visit to...
LG and Forge Academy find new ways to give back to the community
This month marks Social Development Month in South Africa. The nationwide campaign is headed by the National Development Agency (NDA) and the South African...
EIMA 2021, focus on training young people in agriculture
The second day of EIMA International devoted ample space to the theme of training and education for young farmers and technicians in the sector....
Bayer fuels leading market positions in Crop Science through delivery of unmatched innovation
Bayer has announced continued progress in delivering customer-focused, sustainable agricultural innovation in an update with investors. The company’s success in translating research and development...
Ahead of global climate talks, public development banks join forces to boost investments in...
Responding to an urgent call to increase financing for the world’s poorest farmers who are hardest hit by climate change, a group of Public...
Nigeria, FAO ink U.S $350,000 pact irrigation funding
The government of Nigeria and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have inked a U.S $350,000 pact Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) to promote irrigation farming...
Invest in gender equality to reduce climate change impacts on world’s poorest, says...
We need a significant boost in investments to close the gender gap otherwise rural communities will never bounce back from the impacts of climate...