South Sudan to receive funds to address food insecurity
South Sudan is set to receive funding for various organisations to address acute food insecurity and desert locust crisis in the country.The South Sudan...
UN agencies raise concern over looming famine in northern Ethiopia
The UN agencies; The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF are calling...
Egypt reviews digital transformation projects in Agriculture sector
Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation have joined hands in reviewing the implementation of joint projects...
PlantVillage develops phone app to detect crop diseases
PlantVillage, a department of researchers at Penn State University has developed a phone app that artificial intelligence and machine learning to detect common diseases...
FAO, CABI act in concert to intensify pest control in Eastern Africa
As part of a broad-based initiative to address the plant protection needs of the Eastern Africa nations, a practical training programme on Pest Risk...
World PF releases training video series for Africa’s poultry farmers
Better profits, better nutrition through improved poultry farming methods
The US-based World Poultry Foundation (WPF) has developed a series of online training videos to help...
EIMA “Digital”, the 4.0 showcase
The market for advanced electronics for agriculture has grown fivefold in the last four years and is set to increase even more thanks also...
What does the impact of the lower contribution to the GDP mean for agriculture?
Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural economist at FNB Agri-Business
Although contribution was muted in the 1st quarter, this is a temporary blip given the...
Youth involvement in land reform is essential
The commemoration of Youth Month in June and the 45th anniversary of the student uprising in 1976 have commenced with the release of the...
African Food Fellowship kicks off food systems leadership training programme
The African Food Fellowship has kicked off a food systems leadership training programme set to boost Africa’s food systems. The Fellowship will empower emerging...