MoLAFWRD Zim to launch the MLAFWRD-AFC potato value chain financing facility
By Wallace Mawire
Zimbabwe’s Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Dr John Basera will officially launch the Potato...
On Earth Day, Listen to What Africans are Saying about Industrial Farming
Industrial farming—mechanized, heavy use of pesticides and fertilizer, very large farms, commodity exports and imports, government subsidies—has been a boon to the global food...
As Fossil Fuel-Derived Fertilizer Prices Rise, Organic Fertilizer and Cover Crops Prove their Value
The war in Ukraine has led to a rapid rise in fertilizer prices. This has raised the price of food as exports of wheat,...
Zimbabwe launches National Tobacco Expo
Zimbabwe has launched its first ever tobacco Expo in Karoi, Hurungwe district. Officiating at the event, Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution...
Nigeria to join West Africa’s ‘Cocoa OPEC’
Nigeria is set to join the Cocoa Opec in West Africa with a stronger price-setting capacity that can eventually benefit poor farmers.
Oxford Economics, a...
Rwanda feels the burn of being heavily depended in Russia’s fertilisers
Land-locked Rwanda is feeling the burn of how heavily it depended on Russian fertilisers.
The country does not have its own fertiliser producing plant...
Only legal revisions can resolve farmer-miner-disputes in Zimbabwe: Commission
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission in Zimbabwe says the rising disputes between miners and farmers are old and can be traced to the...
The ultimate way to detect all visual fillet defects
IRIS Fillet Inspection secures food quality
Today, good food quality is on every consumer’s mind. Everybody wants to know exactly what’s on their plate and...
Amid worsening hunger crisis, African countries meet at UN FAO forum on food and...
On Equatorial Guinea’s capital island of Malabo, agriculture ministers from across Africa are meeting this week to discuss solutions to the growing hunger crisis,...
High-performing filter aid is the new benchmark for filtration
Filtration is the separation of solids from liquids by forcing the liquid to flow through a filter aid. The fundamental problem posed by filtration...