Kubota SA presents new products at Nampo 2022
Kubota SA displayed new products at the Nampo 2022 the largest show of agricultural machinery and livestock in the southern hemisphere.
Nampo focuses on the...
Agriculture: Knowledge Building and Awareness-Raising to Fight against Child Labour are Important
The 5th International Global Conference to Eliminate Child Labour's fifth and final day of side events and thematic panel sessions concluded on Thursday, 19 May...
Northern farmers in Ghana adopt solar-powered irrigation system
Smallholder vegetable farmers in three of the northern regions of Ghana have agreed to adopt the solar-powered irrigation system in their quest to ensure...
Nigeria considers implementing LID for cocoa farmers
Nigeria has expressed interest in implementing a Living Income Differential of $400 on every tonne of cocoa beans sold to enhance farmers’ benefit, joining...
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...