Open letter: The Green Revolution in Africa has unequivocally failed
Dear donor representative,We, 35 organisations from the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and 165 allied organisations in 40 countries around the world,...
CNH Industrial joins 5G Open Innovation Lab
CNH Industrial N.V. has announced that it has joined the 5G Open Innovation Lab ("5GOILab"), a global applied innovation ecosystem for corporations, academia and...
Food for the Hungry in Mozambique awarded US $4.5M USAID grant
International humanitarian organization Food for the Hungry (FH) has been awarded a US $4.5M grant from the Bureau of Humanitarian Affairs to support relief...
Tunisia to host 2024 Organic World Congress
Tunisia has been elected to host the 2024 Organic World Congress, an event organised every three years by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture...
Rwanda to stop importing maize, wheat, soybean seeds
The Government of Rwanda has announced that the country will no longer import seeds of maize, wheat and soya, in the coming agricultural season...
Monitoring improves potato tuber moth control
Without pest control products, it would be impossible to produce enough potatoes to meet consumer demand. Traditionally, potato producers follow a strict, preventative spray...
Namibia’s Agribank to assist women and youth
In its quest to assist women and youth in Agriculture in Namibia, Agribank disbursed loans to the value of N$43 million towards women, while...
UAE, Turkey to invest in Angola’s agricultural sector
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Turkey have expressed their interest in investing in agriculture sector in Angola.The intentions, expressed during the working visit...
The Moral: Read the fine print before signing trade agreements!
By Nick BarnesIf there is one moral - if one would call it that -from the devastating impact of chicken portion imports on Africa’s...
Releaf secures $4.2 million in seed funding and grants to drive industrialisation of food...
New funding will support the development and scaling of technology solutions for Nigeria’s Oil Palm sector
Lagos, Nigeria. Releaf, an agtech start-up that develops proprietary hardware...