WhiteCap Cocoa Holdings Announces the Development of the World’s Second Largest Cocoa Farm in...
WhiteCap Cocoa Holdings LLC, a privately-held agri-business, based in Ghana and the United States, is pleased to announce the development of a 3,000-acre cocoa...
Morocco to host 2018 edition of ‘African Women in Agriculture’ conference
By Oscar Nkala:
US-based charity Believe In Africa (Day) has chosen the Moroccan city of Marrakech to host the second edition of its African Women...
Command agriculture face collapse-Land Minister hint
By: Nqobile Bhebhe ,Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s scheme– a private-sector-backed subsidy programme spearheaded by the Government face collapse as financial beneficiaries are reluctant to repay loans.
Authorities have issued...
Land dynamics in Africa: What is the potential for agricultural expansion?
by Wandile Sihlobo
Estimates by Fischer and Shah (2010) suggest that the world has 446 million hectares of potentially available uncultivated land. Of this,...
Business and Agriculture commentary
Rate cut is a welcome relief for the agricultural sector –
Commentary by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Business
Agriculture is a capital...
A Few Remaks on the Recently Signed African Continental Free Trade Agreement
By Tinashe Kapuya* and Wandile Sihlobo:
The recently signed African Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) is one of the world's largest free trade blocs and...
Big Narrative Running on Global Soybean Markets
by Wandile Sihlobo
The big narrative currently doing the rounds on soybean markets pertains to the fallout from the potential trade war between the United...
Latest livestock services, farming innovations and skills training at Agritech Expo Zambia in Chisamba...
A strong focus on livestock, live equipment demonstrations, nethouse and aquaculture showcases and free AgriTEACH interactive training workshops are just some of the exciting,...
Tobacco selling farmers, RBZ brace for a clash
Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Nqobile Bhebhe, Harare
TOBACCO farmers in Zimbabwe could be headed for what is now an annual fight with the Reserve Bank...
Zambia to revoke 35 000 land offer letters
By Oscar Nkala:
The Zambian Ministry of Land says it has started processes to revoke up to 35 000 offer letters for land countrywide because...