Survery: South Africa’s wine industry at tipping point
South Africa’s wine industry is at a tipping point as many wine businesses, particularly small companies and those under black ownership, face potential closure...
New Bio-tech to boost rice production, reduce Import in Nigeria
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) working with relevant research institutions in Nigeria, has developed a new rice variety which could increase yield by...
Smallholders farmers risk reduced yield due to climate hazards
The World Food Programme (WFP) projects that at least 30% of smallholder farmers in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are at risk of...
The time is ripe for African countries to grow their urban agriculture
“Across Africa, the third wave of COVID-19 infections are rolling through, with South Africa leading the new surge. This is worrying, particularly for urban...
Murang’a Cooperative Union announces minimum guaranteed price
Murang’a Cooperative Union in Kenya has announced that farmers who supply their coffee to the union will benefit from minimum guaranteed price for cherry...
Malawi launches forest landscape restoration
The government has launched forest landscape restoration (FLR) targeting 25 000 hectares (ha) of degraded landscapes in Ntcheu district.The Food and Agriculture Organization of...
Zimbabwe to train 2million famers in conservation agriculture
The government of Zimbabwe is set to train nearly 2 million farmers in conservation agriculture. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations...
Aldi funds vegetable packhouse to help smallholder growers in Kenya
Aldi UK has funded construction of a vegetable packhouse in Kenya to help smallholder growers. The project is part work of international NGO Farm...
Toam, Tanzania to partner with Ministry for organic farming
The Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM) in collaboration with the government through the Ministry of Agriculture is planning to organise their second National Ecological...
Japan supports farmers in Nigeria with rice seeds, inputs
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), empowered 150 rice farmers with improved...