Protecting biodiversity is crucial to fighting hunger – IFAD calls for increased investments ahead...
If we do not invest more in protecting biodiversity, development cannot be sustainable and we will not eradicate hunger or achieve the Sustainable Development...
Quantum of Rs 3.7 M for 465 Arpents granted to tea farmers in Mauritius
Tea planters in the regions of Bois Cheri, Grand Bois and La Flora, Mauritius have been allocated a one-off allowance estimated to a total...
Western Cape Agriculture, SA hosts vaccination outreach to agricultural workers
The Western Cape Department of Agriculture's research farm, Elsenburg, hosted a vaccination outreach to agri-workers on the farm and from surrounding areas.
The Cape Winelands...
BMG works closely with farmers to minimise food shortages during Covid-19 and after the...
After the recent devastation in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, BMG’s agricultural specialists are working even more closely with the agricultural community to help curtail the...
Agricultural machinery: good production in the Covid year
The Italian agricultural machinery industry closed 2020 with a production value of 11.5 billion euros, slightly higher than the previous year (+0.4%). The favourable...
Civil Society Organisations’ Ripple Effects
By: Refilwe Pico
2020’s COVID-19 hard lockdown exposed the reality of South Africa’s long-standing levels of inequality, deep poverty and food insecurity. And for...
African Development Bank approves $1.4 million grant to improve household food security in the...
The Zambian project is in line with the Bank’s High 5 strategic priorities, specifically, Feed Africa, Industrialize Africa, and Improve the quality of life...
AgriTech Expo Zambia 2021 postponed. Organizers announce new dates,5-7 April 2022
Ministry of Health (MoH) Zambia withdraws organizers permit to run the trade fair due to dramatically fluctuating COVID-19 cases in Zambia and...
Covid-19 brings out the resilience of Kenya’s flower industry
Baiju Kantaria: Director at Elgon Kenya
Last year at the height of COVID-19 the Kenya flower industry was grappling...
Kenyan agriculture entrepreneurs bet on diversification, networking to weather COVID-19 shocks, study
Benedetta Nangila’s Bracharia fodder farm in Bumula, Bungoma County Credit USIU
Throughout 2020 and the myriad of challenges...