Contract tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe decries drowning in debt
Contract tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe are decrying drowning in debt. More than 20,000 farmers in Zimbabwe grow tobacco for Tian Ze, a subsidiary of...
Nestlé to support the transition to a regenerative food system
Nestlé has announced plans to support and accelerate the transition to a regenerative food system one that aims to protect and restore the environment,...
Inaugural Open Ag-Symposium at University of Oxford outlines a climate positive relationship between agriculture,...
The inaugural OpenAg Symposium, hosted by the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, Somerville College, and UPL Ltd., has outlined a series of policy...
Open letter: The Green Revolution in Africa has unequivocally failed
Dear donor representative,
We, 35 organisations from the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and 165 allied organisations in 40 countries around the world,...
CNH Industrial joins 5G Open Innovation Lab
CNH Industrial N.V. has announced that it has joined the 5G Open Innovation Lab ("5GOILab"), a global applied innovation ecosystem for corporations, academia and...
Food for the Hungry in Mozambique awarded US $4.5M USAID grant
International humanitarian organization Food for the Hungry (FH) has been awarded a US $4.5M grant from the Bureau of Humanitarian Affairs to support relief...
Tunisia to host 2024 Organic World Congress
Tunisia has been elected to host the 2024 Organic World Congress, an event organised every three years by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture...
Tractors at EIMA: prestigious brands and “top” models
The 44th edition of the international agricultural machinery exhibition, held in Bologna from 19 to 23 October, will showcase the latest products and ranges...
Rwanda to stop importing maize, wheat, soybean seeds
The Government of Rwanda has announced that the country will no longer import seeds of maize, wheat and soya, in the coming agricultural season...
Malawi Farm input subsidy programme: Is it a worthy cause?
In 2005, the Malawi Government introduced a large scale national programme subsidising agricultural inputs, mainly fertilisers and seeds for maize production, with an objective...