The year that was: Reflections on land reform in South Africa as we recover...
Land Reform – Many land reform claimant communities found the sluggish pace of the land reform programme during the year wearisome. However, the policy...
Agritechnica 2023: Green Productivity
(DLG). "Green Productivity" is the guiding theme of Agritechnica 2023, focusing on the challenges of modern crop farming: how can agriculture increase productivity while...
Calls made to revitalise the African Crop Science Society
Calls have been made by agricultural scientists and institutions to revitalise the 30-year-old African Crop Science Society (ACSS).
The society, founded in 1993, has been...
Joint agricultural development project harvests second grain crop
The harvesting of the second grain crop of the joint agricultural project that was undertaken by AfriForum, Saai and the Boiphitlhelelo Co-operative of Noga’s...
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary investments in long-term rural development and food sovereignty says...
Ahead of the annual gathering of world leaders in Davos next week, Alvaro Lario, President of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),...
Improved food security expected in Rwanda as harvest starts
The Season A harvest in Rwanda, which typically accounts for about 60 percent of Rwanda’s annual staple food production, began in December.
According to the...
ONE Africa Digital Summit spearheads multi-sectoral conference programme at inaugural GITEX AFRICA 2023
Powerful forum in Marrakech, Morocco gathers government and private sector leaders to steer Africa’s transformation into a single digital market
ONE Africa Digital Summit will...
Laser Scanning Reveals Potential Underestimation of Biomass Carbon in Temperate Forest
Recently, the BBC published an article by Victoria Gill, science correspondent for BBC News, as well as a TV report concluding that the UK's...
Zimbabwe farmers adapt to agro-ecology
Small-holder farmers in Zimbabwe have been experiencing low crop productivity due to a number of factors, including planting inappropriate seeds and seed varieties, labour...
MultiChoice calls on climate change activists and innovators across Africa
The Earthshot Prize, a global environmental prize to discover, accelerate, and scale ground-breaking solutions to repair and regenerate the planet, has begun its 2023...