EU, FAO sign US $14m deal to tackle global food security
The European Union and FAO along with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Program (WFP) signed US $14m deal...
Tanzanian cashew farmers pocket approximately US $2.2Bn
Cashew farmers in Tanzania’s Lindi, Mtwara and Ruvuma have so far pocketed a total of nearly US $2.2Bn. This is the accumulated price since...
Akinwumi Adesina, Spearheading Good Governance by Leading Agricultural Innovation and Economic Growth of Africa
Akinwumi A. Adesina: President of the African Development Bank, committed to the eradication of poverty through agricultural innovation, and promoting Good Governance through the...
Tanzania pays US $434,687 to verified cashew farmers
The Tanzanian government has disbursed US $434,687 to verified cashew farmers. The Agriculture minister Japhet Hasunga said that at least 2,168 cashew farmers from...
The largest trade and investment gathering in agriculture on the African continent to take...
The potential for growth in Sustainable Agriculture in Africa is well documented and understood, however it
has not been realised. Currently agriculture-related industries such as...
A macroeconomic impact assessment of a policy of land expropriation without compensation in South...
By Dr Roelof Botha (GIBS Faculty – part-time) and Prof Ilse Botha (University of Johannesburg)
Executive Summary
Any doubts over the overwhelming impact that the debate...
Media statement accompanying the results of an independent economic impact assessment (EIA) of a...
Background:
During 2018, land expropriation without compensation (EWC) dominated the public discourse in South Africa to such an extent that it was declared the Word...
Africa agribusiness, a US$1 trillion business by 2030
Agribusiness will become the ‘new oil” on the continent, African Investment Forum participants said
As project sponsors, borrowers, lenders and investors gathered at the Africa...
Indian investor to pumps US $200m in Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector
Mr. Harinder Pal Singh Bajwa, an Indian investor, is set to pump US $200m into Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector. The move has since been attributed...
Champoining the Cause: Youths in Agriculture
Youths over Africa vehemently complain and protest against lack of unemployment, considering ‘white colour jobs’ and ‘blue colour jobs’ as the only jobs in...