Building Africa’s Food Future: Women Agripreneurs Take Center Stage at WAYA 2026
Rwandan entrepreneur Marina Kamanzi takes USD 40,000 Grand Prize as women-led businesses are celebrated for innovation, value addition, resilience, and economic impact.KIGALI, Rwanda— African...
Bayer Strengthens Combined Seed and Crop Protection Portfolio, Sets Stage for Blockbuster Launches
Bayer is implementing its previously announced ambition to bring 10 blockbusters to market over 10 years, beginning to launch major Crop Science innovations in...
Smarter Feed, Faster Decisions: Improving Quality in Real Time
Bühler Southern Africa will highlight the benefits of precision feed milling at the AFMA Forum 2026, taking place at Sun City from 8 to...
Ecovado and Alfa Laval Unveil Avocado Oil Plant to Strengthen South Africa’s Value Addition...
Ecovado was established by Hulisani Mudau, who recognized the region’s untapped potential: an abundance of avocados that could help address the limited economic opportunities....
Farmers Face Fresh Cost Squeeze as Diesel Prices Climb 50%
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB CommercialSouth Africa’s sharp September fuel-price increase has arrived at a sensitive time for agriculture, just weeks before...
East Africa Pushes to Turn Agrifood Opportunities into Bankable Investments
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called on agrifood investment stakeholders to take decisive action to turn Eastern Africa’s...
AGRA at 20: Africa’s Food Systems Must Be Measured by What Farmers Earn
This is an honest twenty-year account. The report sets out where AGRA catalysed progress, where gains proved limited or fragile, and what was...
Corteva Seed Quality: The Gateway to Competitive Markets
For South African grain and oilseed farmers, producing a high-yielding crop is only part of the equation when competing on the local and international...
Container-Grown, Retail-Ready: How Arable Grow Cracked Urban Farming
As South Africa faces mounting pressure from climate change, water scarcity and rapid urbanisation, the future of farming may not lie in fields. It...
CIP, Dutch seed company HZPC explore hybrid potato breeding and true potato seed to...
The International Potato Center (CIP) and Dutch seed company HZPC are exploring hybrid potato breeding and true potato seed (TPS) as a potential solution...