La Niña heavy rains could result limited corn harvest in SA
The increasingly wet conditions in South Africa’s corn-growing regions, brought on by a third consecutive year of La Niña, raise the risk of a...
UK varsity develops pearl millet to help farmers in Africa
Aberystwyth University in the United Kingdom (UK) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, based in Niamey, Niger, have developed a...
Kenya to import GMO maize
The government of Kenya has announced plans to import genetically modified maize as part of its move to ease food shortages caused by the...
Op-ed :The world cannot afford to ignore drought in the Horn of Africa
Joint Op-ed by - By Mohamed Malick Fall, UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Michael Dunford, WFP Regional Director for Eastern Africa,...
Omex will be exhibiting at Growtech Eurasia in Antalya, Turkey
Omex Agrifluids a world leader in the design and manufacture of speciality soluble fertilisers for the widest arena of agricultural and horticultural crops and...
African Ministers Explore Ways to Scale up Food Production to Feed the Continent, Bolster...
African agriculture ministers attending the United Nations climate summit in Egypt reiterated a commitment to work with development partners to unlock the continent’s agriculture...
‘Don’t despair over fertilizer delivery’-Mtolo
Zambia’s agriculture season for 2022/23 season remains on course despite delays to distribute and make accessible to smallholder farmers the much sought after fertilizer...
AFEX unveils 2022 wet season crop production report
Nigeria’s leading commodities market player, AFEX, has unveiled its 2022 Wet Season Crop Production Report in a hybrid event hosted at the AFEX head...
Could GM technology be the answer to reduced crop production in Africa?
Particularly hit by the effects of climate change, African farmers are staring at reduced crop production. Could Genetically Modifi(ed (GM) crops provide the much...
World Bank transforms farmers into entrepreneurs
A World Bank-supported project is helping smallholder farmers in Lesotho diversify their crops, and expand markets as climate change, extreme weather, and global economic...