Tanzania to take over abandoned horticulture estates to boost the sector
Tanzanian Ministry of Agriculture has hatched a plan of taking over abandoned horticulture estates in the country as a new strategy to boost the...
Compensation to Zimbabwean farmers still uncertain
When you ask the Zimbabwean farmers how things in Zimbabwe are nowadays, their answer is always the same: “Things are tough, but this year...
Volume down but Tru-Cape cautiously optimistic for 2023
South Africa’s leading apple and pear exporter, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, says that while many of the same challenges that made 2022 a tough year...
SA’s KZN agricultural sector contributes to economic growth
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Premier, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, says the agricultural sector continues to grow and make a positive contribution to food availability, employment and economic growth.
Speaking...
Kenya’s research station revamped into world-class crop breeding centre
Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Reserach Organisation (KALRO)’s research station at Kiboko, Kenya, where several partner institutions including the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT),...
TERRAGRN’s agroforest in Mpumalanga to safeguard food security for current and future generations
By Sundar Bharadwaj CEO of TERRAGRN
The increasing degradation of land and forests in Africa is threatening food security, the environment, jobs and economic growth....
Bühler supports Saudi Arabia’s national food security goals
Bühler has a long heritage in Saudi Arabia and is well positioned to assist with the national food security drive by the government
The Bühler...
Kenyan rangeland farmers adopt South African climate-smart dorper sheep breed to cope with weather...
The weather patterns in Kenya are changing drastically, a situation that has forced Kenyan farmers especially those in the rangelands to become adoptive to...
Senegalese “Agripreneur” and AfDB AgriPitch Competition winner says digital marketing key to luxury tea...
The competition, which this year awarded $140,000 in prizes, is a key activity of the Bank’s ENABLE Youth Program
Senegalese businesswoman Adja Sembene Fall said...
Zimbabwe farmers gear up for climate-smart agriculture
Smallholder farming communities in districts such as Buhera have embraced feed production and water conservation innovations deployed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement...