MEST Africa Unveils AgriTech Report Mapping the Trends, Innovators, and Investment Opportunities Shaping the...
The report reveals how local innovators are harnessing mobile technology, artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and solar-powered systems to tackle post-harvest...
Once a farm worker, now a teacher at her alma mater: Tru-Cape lauds Lucinda...
From climbing a hilltop during her lunch breaks in the apple orchards to access her online classes, to now standing proudly in front of...
Foot-and-mouth disease is a far greater crisis than South Africa realises
Foot-and-mouth disease must be declared a national disaster. To save the livestock industry, regulations must be amended to shift pressure away from the state...
Kenya launches fresh drive to revive cashew nut sector, aiming to create up to...
Kenya has launched a renewed push to revive its struggling cashew nut industry, with the government warning that years of declining production have cost...
Bayer to launch innovative strawberry variety
Bayer announces the launch of Baya Solara, the first commercial strawberry variety from Bayer’s De Ruiter brand. The launch is a vital part of...
Kenya exits COMESA sugar safeguard after 24 years, signals readiness to compete regionally
Kenya has formally exited the COMESA Sugar Safeguard regime after 24 years, marking what the government describes as a decisive and confident transition for...
Uganda on the brink of releasing locally developed aromatic rice varieties to cut imports
Scientists drawn from Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) are finalising advanced field and quality tests on new homegrown aromatic rice varieties poised to...
Rwanda’s agro-vet entrepreneurs get motorcycles to boost last-mile veterinary services for dairy farmers
Access to veterinary services for dairy farmers across Rwanda is set to improve following the handover of 135 motorcycles to Community Agro-Vet Entrepreneurs (CAVEs)...
Planting Naturals Establish Sierra Leone’s First Organic & RSPO-Certified Palm Plantation with KOLTIVA
Africa is losing forests at an alarming rate. Between 2010 and 2020, the continent recorded the world’s highest rate of forest loss, at around...
Grain SA warns ,the real crisis this season does not lie only in the...
Although summer grain crops across large parts of the country are currently showing fair to good conditions, Grain SA warns that the real crisis...