South Sudan, FAO launch project to boost food security
South Sudan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched a five-year project to improve food security by boosting...
Spanish farmers demonstrate against Moroccan agricultural products
About 200 farmers from the Spanish city of Almeria and representatives of fruit and vegetable companies led an agricultural strike followed by a demonstration...
Zimbabwe to take white maize to Senegal
Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Senegal James Maridadi has announced plans to take white maize to Sengal. The initiative was started after revealing that most of...
Tadb to strengthen mbozi coffee curing plant company
The Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) has vowed to give Mbozi District growers, a curing plant company a soft loan to increase the production...
Bellville’s first urban food garden spring harvest
The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) in collaboration with MES - Safe Space, GrowZA and Xylem officially opened Bellville’s urban food garden, known as the...
Nigeria grants approval for genetically modified maize
The government of Nigeria has granted environmental approval for evaluation and open cultivation of TELA Maize, a new maize variety developed by researchers at...
Tadb to back farming, livestock, fisheries sectors
The Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) has pledged to support producers in agriculture, livestock and fisheries sectors to the hilt as it plays its...
Kenya to revive sugarcane farming in Kericho County
Kenya is set to revive sugarcane farming in Kericho County. The County Government has stepped up the efforts by entering into a Public-Private Partnership...
If we lose biodiversity we will not address climate change or hunger, warns IFAD
If we continue to lose biodiversity, the world’s most vulnerable people will not be able to adapt to climate change nor sustainably produce food,...
Red hot pepper leads to a farming revolution in Burundi’s hills
The mist covered the hills and a soft wind blew gently over the fragmented fields of Rwanyege village. It would have been a normal...