Mozambicans turn to cassava, sweet potato, yam as bread prices soar
Mozambicans are abandoning buying bread and switching to traditional foods such as cassava, sweet potato and yam as bread prices, like in most countries...
The father of Pink Lady® apples falls from the tree of life
As tributes pour in to the life of John Cripps, a preeminent apple breeder responsible for two of the most successful trademarked varieties, Pink...
African Development Bank Board approves $1.5 billion facility to avert food crisis
Initiative to benefit 20 million African farmers, who will receive certified seed and technology to rapidly produce 38 million tons of food
The African Development...
Kenyan government should reduce the high fertilizer prices to boost food security
Nelson Maina: Kenyan-based agriculture expert
Kenya’s cost of living has hit unprecedented highs with prices of basic commodities being out of reach for many citizens.
This has...
Mozambique govt orders all food products to be labelled in Portuguese by July
All retailers of food products in Mozambique have been ordered by the government to label in Portuguese food products sold in the country before...
Looming Global Food Crisis Requires Immediate and Coordinated Action from All Sectors
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is testing the capacity of global food systems to feed the world in times of crisis. An estimated 1.7 billion...
African Development Bank Group seeks US support for $1.5 billion emergency food plan for...
The president of the African Development Bank Group , Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, made a compelling case, on Wednesday, for the United States to back...
Facing husbandry and farming challenges together
The global demand for food and animal protein will dramatically increase in the coming decades. Raising and processing animals, land and water based, for the production of food will become increasingly challenging. In light...
ASP Fire offers specialised services for the agri and food processing industries
With Grain SA’s NAMPO Harvest Day taking place from 16 to 20 May, fire engineering specialist ASP Fire is highlighting its specialised expertise in...
81.6m face high acute food security in Eastern Africa due to poor rains: WFP
Food insecurity is rapidly worsening in Eastern Africa with an estimated 81.6 million people including Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs,) refugees and host communities in...