Westfalia’s colour of green: from avocados to carbon neutrality
Westfalia Fruit Group, a leading multinational supplier of avocados, has achieved the One Carbon World Carbon Neutral International Standard for 15 of its businesses...
FLASH GALA ™ is the fastest growing new apple variety.
The fastest growing new South African apple variety is currently planted in over 1000 hectares in South Africa with well more than 1.2 million...
The Link-Belt excavators work on the construction of fish farming ponds
Brazilian fish farming grew by 4.7% in 2021, producing more than 800,000 tons of farmed fish, according to a survey by the Brazilian Fish...
SA Black farmers need support to create inclusive agricultural sector: Academics
Most countries in the rich and developing worlds have some sort of programme to help early career farmers establish themselves in a farming or...
Drought-ravaged East Africa: One person likely dying from hunger every 48 seconds – Report
One person is likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, according to estimates by Oxfam and Save the...
Land restoration and sustainable cocoa project launched in Ivory Coast
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a land restoration and sustainable cocoa project in Ivory Coast.The project aims...
Coffee, tea seedlings un-budgeted for in Uganda’s next FY
The government of Uganda will not provide funds for coffee and tea seedlings in the next financial year. The Country’s Minister of Finance, Planning...
Corteva Agriscience Brings Leading Agri Experts to NAMPO
Corteva Agriscience will be hosting a series of industry dialogues at its stand at NAMPO Harvest Day 2022, one of the largest agricultural exhibitions...
Mozambique’s wheat stock to last end of June
The Mozambican government has says the country has enough wheat stocks to meet its needs until this June.This was confirmed by the Minister of Industry and...
Zim farmers count losses as quelea birds destroy crops
Farmers in Umguza and Bubi farming districts, Matabeleland North province, Zimbabwe are failing to control a massive outbreak of quelea birds, feasting on their...