South Africa’s loss of young farmers is reversible
In her PhD study at Stellenbosch University, Dr Kandas Cloete found that up to 20% of farmers in the age group 35 to 45...
Horticulture for economic rejuvenation
By Hwande Sheunesu
A switch from field crops to horticultural crops has seen farmers in Gokwe Bomba, Zimbabwe improving their standard of living. Of late...
Seven Reasons Why Now Is The Best Time To Create Prosperity
By: Dr. Nimrod Israely 🥭 Founder and CEO of Biofeed & Dream Valley
For many decades NOTHING has created a more significant impact on food security in...
Rearing of small stocks is the key to sustainability and productivity in communal areas
By Hwande Sheunesu
Zimbabwe’s communal farmers are still doing roadrunner production to supplement for their nutritional requirements. However an economic paradigm has evolved in the...
Is It The Time For “National Programs” In Agriculture?
By Dr. Nimrod Israely
More than once, I have addressed the need for governments to regulate everything related to the "business environment,” especially in complex...
Agricultural sector should be proactive in mitigating and adapting to climate change
Global and domestic food security remains under extreme threat. Climate change has always been the main driver for the threat, however, the recent invasion...
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...
A temporary relief at the pump and looming changes to the fuel price determination...
Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-Business
Yesterday’s surprise announcement of a temporary reduction of the general fuel levy by the Minister...
OpEd: Africa’s new harvest: sustainable development by innovation for transformation
Opinion piece by QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
A promising transformation has already started in Africa’s...
Timely Funding, Response Critical as Ethiopia’s Agriculture Sector Recovers from Multiple Disasters
By :Ms. Fatouma Seid*,FAO Representative in Ethiopia
Agriculture is a source of livelihood for over 80 percent of the population in Ethiopia. However, the sector has...