Steenhuisen visits Ceres amid storm damage and blackouts risking fruit exports
Following devastating storms that battered the Western Cape between 10 and 12 May, leaving the Witzenberg region facing a critical electricity crisis and widespread...
Farm manager calls for joint cross-border efforts against Foot-and-Mouth Disease.
As foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) continues to threaten livestock production across Southern Africa, vaccination efforts along the South Africa-Botswana border are emerging as one of...
How proper pruning improves food production and home gardening in Zambia during winter
As winter approaches in Zambia, gardeners and small-scale farmers are turning their attention to one of horticulture’s most important seasonal practices: pruning. Often misunderstood...
Croptimistic secures U.S. patent for SWAT CAM as coverage tops 1 million acres.
Croptimistic Technology has been awarded a U.S. patent for the SWAT CAM process, the company’s autonomous in-field imaging and crop analytics product. The patent,...
PGP pushes for title deeds, finance reform and farmer commercialisation at NAMPO 2026
NAMPO Park, Bothaville, Phahama Grain Phakama (PGP), the farmer development division of Grain SA, hosted a high-level Plenary Round Table at NAMPO Harvest Day,...
AGRA, Coop Bank Tanzania in a deal to cut post-harvest losses and boost climate...
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and Cooperative Bank Tanzania Plc have signed a landmark partnership aimed at helping smallholder farmers...
Grain SA warns wheat producers can no longer wait for delayed tariff decision
NAMPO Park, Bothaville - As global trade tensions intensify and agricultural markets become increasingly volatile, Grain SA has warned that South Africa’s slow response...
From Seed to Success: Growing a new generation of farmers
In many South African communities, unemployment and food insecurity remain daily realities for young people. Through Fidelity Foundation’s long-standing partnership with Oliver’s Village, however,...
CIMMYT receives 2025 Al-Sumait Prize for African Development, recognizing decades of science for food...
The Kuwait Fund for the Advancement of Sciences has named CIMMYT as the recipient of the 2025 Al-Sumait Prize for African Development.
The prize, awarded...
Celebrating 25 Years of Driving Africa’s Development
AUDA-NEPAD marks a quarter-century of connecting communities, strengthening economies and improving lives across Africa
The African Union Development Agency – NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) officially launched its...