Agri-tech can turn African Savannah into global food basket – African Development Bank
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) is championing a new regional and global effort to transform the African Savannah from a “Sleeping Giant” to the cradle...
Agriculture is one of the few industries that can be left to future generations
If you plant an apple or pear tree today you might have to wait up to five years before you see the first fruit...
Youth employment critical for Africa’s economic growth
By Sandiso Sibisi, UNDP Open Innovation Africa Lead
Despite Africa’s impressive growth in past 25 years and its entry into the digital economy, the job...
World’s largest farmer-to-farmer network, Wefarm, reaches over one million users and sends more than...
One in five farms in Kenya and Uganda now uses the network to share intel and answer one another’s questions
Wefarm, the world’s largest farmer-to...
Case IH Field Day demonstrates the power of mechanisation for a productive and efficient...
Agriculture is a strategic sector in the Tunisian economy. It occupies approximately 16% of the country’s workforce and contributes around 12% of GDP. Land...
Rising temperatures will push millions of people in Africa into poverty and hunger unless...
Climate change has set our planet on fire, millions are already feeling the impacts
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report detailing progress...
Seed visionary has big plans for growth
SeedVision’s new Commercial Manager, Willa Rossouw
SeedVision, a joint venture between AGT Foods Africa and S&W, has announced the appointment of Willa Rossouw as Commercial...
2018 Irrigation Show New Product Contest entries announced
The Irrigation Association is pleased to announce the entries in its annual new product contest. A record number of at least 60 new irrigation,...
IFAD and the Lab launch new partnership to drive finance to African smallholder farmers...
Today, in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) and the International Fund for...
Zimbabwe’s agriculture minister speaks against ill-treatment of white farmers
By Nita Karume :
Zimbabwe’s new agriculture minister, Mr. Perrance Shiri has condemned the ill treatment of white farmers. As such, he has instructed the...