NCPB facing difficulties in selling imported maize
The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) is currently struggling to sell imported maize. The maize in question was imported under the subsidy program...
GDP shocker, and a further drop in agriculture output
Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural economist at FNB Agri-Business
South Africa : Following a stellar performance in 2017, South Africa’s agriculture output shrank by...
Farm irrigation during dry season
By Nita Karume :
It often goes without saying that the prices of agricultural produce in dry seasons are often much higher than produce in...
Polish Pavilion at Farm-Tech Expo Kenya to show how agri sector in Poland evolved...
“Poland and Kenya share a similar story, whereby Poland underwent a major agricultural transition period of mechanisation, optimisation and adapting new technologies to farming...
Zimbabwe declares fall armyworm a threat to National food security
A farmer holds an army worm found feeding on her maize crop at a Farm in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe government has declared the fall armyworm...
Forbearance of GMO seeds in Africa
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) or in this case seeds are manufactured in a lab as a means to boost agriculture and food security in...
The Importance Of Proper Grain Storage For Food Security
Did you know that there were 37 African countries on the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Low-Income Food_Deficit Countries list...
Complete Farmer launches web platform that makes farming accessible to anyone
Ghana’s Complete Farmer recently launched a web platform that is making farming accessible to anyone. The platform enables users are to sponsor farms in...
Space-age technology for fight against crop-devastating pest outbreaks in Kenya launched by UK-based CABI...
CABI is leading a consortium, funded by the UK Space Agency’s International Partnership Programme (IPP), developing a Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE), which uses...
Tsebo Solutions Group supports community upliftment at Rustlers Valley Farm as part of UN...
Spinach that have been produced at the Naledi Farm as a result of its second harvest
To raise awareness for International Day of Cooperatives,...