With innovation and technology, Brazil is on path to achieving food security
While many countries around the world continue to grapple with food insecurity amid rising population and urbanization, Brazil, the largest country in both South America and Latin...
Horticulture for economic rejuvenation
By Hwande SheunesuA switch from field crops to horticultural crops has seen farmers in Gokwe Bomba, Zimbabwe improving their standard of living. Of late...
West Africa gets ready for desertification COP15
The two-day sessions focused on financing opportunities that have the potential to deliver transformative projects and programs to boost the Great Green Wall initiative...
At COP 15, IFAD calls for immediate long-term investments in land restoration and climate...
With land degradation gaining ground and affecting up to 40% of lands on Earth, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today called for...
Cameroon secures US $100M loan to curb food insecurity
Cameroon has secured a US $100million loan form the World Bank to aid the country deal with food and nutrition insecurity.The loan will be...
Rwanda, DRC, Burundi to benefit from TAFS-WCA programme
Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Burundi are set to benefit from a regional initiative dubbed “Transforming Agri-Food Systems in West and Central...
AFEX tops agriculture and commodities list in FT’S rankings of Africa’s fastest-growing companies
AFEX, Nigeria's leading commodities market player and the country's first private sector commodities exchange, is proud to announce it has secured first place in...
Gabon launches new economic zone
Gabon has launched the construction of a new special economic zone (SEZ), the Mpassa-Lebombi, in the south-eastern province of Haut-Ogooué.The new zone aims at...
Continued citrus success requires integrated management
As a cornerstone of the local agri-economy, it is in the national interest for the citrus industry to be effective, productive and profitable –...
Safeguarding the food safety and product quality of baby leaf vegetables at an indoor...
Harvesting daily in a high-rise building in Singapore, Sustenir Agriculture has enhanced product quality and reduced food waste by using a TOMRA optical sorting...