Study exposes the stark reality of drought resilience among smallholder livestock farmers
The agricultural sector is marked by farmers’ daily struggles, including price hikes, food security, climate change effects, and pest and disease outbreaks.
Prof Yonas T...
How precision technology is making a difference to farm and family
For farmers, time is a scarce commodity, but it can be key to a successful harvest. To meet growing demands for farming produce, farmers...
Kenya plans to borrow key lessons from Colombia to boost its coffee production
Kenya has announced that it will work with Colombia to borrow coffee production and value addition lessons from the South American nation.
This follows a...
Developing Proper Irrigation to Avoid Soil Erosion on Farms
Improper irrigation techniques can wash away soil as much as heavy rain can. But watering crops is often crucial to their survival, so farmers...
Sustainable agriculture at a crossroads, many practices are ROI-positive but major barriers to adoption...
New research released today by McKinsey & Company indicates that about 50 percent of the reduction in on-farm agricultural emissions required for a 1.5°C...
Action Against Hunger’s Farmer Field School program building self-reliance communities in Uganda
Farmer Field School, a program initiated about four years ago in Uganda by Action Against Hunger, a global humanitarian organization, is now building self-reliance...
ZB’S collaboration with local farmers boosts cassava farming and agriculture diversity
In a significant move to enhance agricultural diversity and support local farmers, Zambian Breweries Plc has kicked off the 2023 cassava harvest season in...
Add Better: GEA rolls out TÜV-validated ecolabel for resource-efficient solutions
GEA is rolling out the Add Better ecolabel to highlight GEA solutions – including industrial machines, processes and plants – that are significantly more...
African Development Bank Group Board okays funds to support women and youth in agribusiness
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved an equity investment of €18 million in the Africa Guarantee Fund (AGF)...
Building a case for youth participation in land reform
Land Reform – Despite socio economic challenges faced by South Africans in general, the agriculture and tourism sector can significantly contribute to mitigating and...