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...
Small-scale farmers are vital to feeding West and Central Africa and transforming food systems
Amid increasing global hunger and poverty, devastating climate change impacts, the Covid-19 pandemic and the widespread effects of the war in Ukraine, small-scale producers...
EIMA 2022 turns the spotlight on agricultural drones
Aerial drones, mainly used for data collection, are seeing an increase in their use for certain important agricultural operations, such as pesticide treatments. The...
MEPs at EIMA: a policy for specialised crops
A delegation of 10 parliamentarians visited the agricultural machinery exhibition. A conference, a guided tour and a round table were the programme of an...
Cassava disease haunts Zambia
Thousands of Zambians in Luapula province in northern Zambia are threatened with hunger after a brown streak and another mysterious disease hit more than...
CABI BioProtection Portal reaches one million milestone
The CABI BioProtection Portal has reached a landmark after recording one million visits to the resource.Since its launch in 2020, more and more growers...