Positive for the environment and for the grower: the benefits of introducing herbaceous crops...
A Diverfarming project study compares the environmental footprint and the economic performance of traditional mandarin monocropping as opposed to growing mandarin intercropped with herbaceous...
US leads UN’s Days of Action of Global Food Security
The United States (UN) said it is committed to ending hunger and malnutrition and building more sustainable, equitable, and resilient food systems around the...
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...
The Southern Africa Agricultural Initiative (Saai) opposed to Cannabis Bill
The Southern Africa Agricultural Initiative (Saai), an organisation that protects the rights and interests of family farmers, submitted opposition to elements of the Cannabis...
Rate hike bites into farming margins as policy normalization gains momentum
The Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee has decided to hike the repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.75% as of the 20th of...
Twiga Foods injects Sh1.2bn in new farming venture in Kenya
Agri-tech company in Kenya, Twiga Foods has launched a new farming subsidiary, expanding its business beyond supplying fresh produce and commodities through a mobile-based...
Kenya to modernize tea factories in Nyeri County
The government of Kenya has announced plans to spend Sh 50 million in the 2022/2023 Financial Year, to modernize coffee factories in three coffee...
Corteva Agriscience Egypt Hosts GreenTech U.S. Business Delegation
The U.S. GreenTech Business Delegation today toured Corteva Agriscience’s Met Bera seed production facility and viewed the business’ latest agricultural advancements first-hand, including the...
Organic farming amid sustainability ,food safety and well-being
Over the last years, the global farming system had to face a series of huge challenges ranging from climatic emergency to food safety. Against...