Climate Change and its Impact in African Agriculture
Agriculture is the mainstay of Africa’s livelihoods and national economies – supporting more than 55% of the labor force. But its agricultural productivity growth...
SA’s Agri sector to rethink global strategies and open markets
In the face on ongoing geopolitical change, South Africa’s agricultural exporters are being encouraged to reposition their products into non-traditional markets.Speaking at an exclusive...
Africa Climate Summit – Leaders Seek to Build on Current Solar and Other Success...
African government officials meet this week in Ethiopia for the Africa Climate Summit. The focus is on investment and financing for solar power and...
Turning Manure Into Money: The Rise of Biogas Electricity on Livestock Farms
Biogas is one of the most prominent up-and-coming renewable energy sources for agriculturalists because it uses organic materials and anaerobic digestion. African farmers should...
Future Trends in Storage Solutions for African Agriculture
The lack of reliably available refrigeration throughout Africa threatens the livelihoods of the continent’s agricultural workers while contributing to food insecurity and waste. Innovative...
Investing in Pollination, People, and Progress: A Message to Funders and Farmers
Across South Africa’s varied agricultural landscape, a quiet but powerful engine of productivity is at work: bees. As beekeepers operating where ecology meets development,...
Bühler Johannesburg adds new die refurbishment machine to boost its service offering
Bühler has reinforced its commitment to customers in Southern Africa with the installation of a new die refurbishment machine at its Johannesburg workshop. The...
Spray and conquer: Maximising versatility
How a Dullstroom Farmer Makes the Most of One Tool Year-Round
In the rolling grasslands around Dullstroom, where winter fires and summer parasites present constant...
Agroforestry is Especially Effective in Reducing Co2-Absorbing Tree Loss
Every year the world loses about 14,000 square miles of tropical primary forest, an area nearly as big as Switzerland and larger than the...
CultiWise: New AI lets farmers train weed recognition in real time
Czech startup Skymaps has launched “Zoneye”, an AI model that detects crops and weeds from drone images, trains on local species, and helps farmers...