IFAD establishes a new Multi-Donor Funding Facility to support the Joint Sahel Programme.
In a significant move to address the triple COVID, conflict and climate crisis in the Sahel, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has...
From corporate comfort to a green venture of raising fruit trees
Ten years ago, champion farmers Mary and Paul Mwanza lived in Nairobi and worked in the bustling hotel and IT industry. The tree-loving couple...
Celebrating the protection of East African forests
Today, on International Day of Forests, the groundbreaking Partnerships for Forests (P4F) programme concludes its journey with an event celebrating 1 million hectares of...
Second European ChickenTrack report shows food companies making strides to improve chicken welfare, but...
Compassion in World Farming has today (20th March 2024) released its second European ChickenTrack, measuring food companies’ progress towards meeting the higher welfare requirements...
Africa has just six years to realise the water, sanitation and hygiene SDG
The race is on to realise the most fundamental of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – ensuring that everyone has access to water, sanitation...
Technological milestone in the new food industry: GEA presents perfusion as key process at...
Advances in the alternative protein industry are placing an increasing premium on highly efficient production processes. Perfusion is a pioneering new technology that can...
InteliGro announces integration of InteliSeed into the business
InteliGro takes pleasure in announcing the further strengthening of our value proposition through the integration of InteliSeed into our business, effective 1 April 2024....
Solynta, Dutch hybrid potato breeding technology firm rebrands to ‘true potato seed’ company
Solynta, the Dutch company that specializes in the development, production and sales of hybrid true potato seed announced today that it will adjust its...
Care for SA’s groundwater should be growing focus for Water Week
As South Africa celebrates National Water Week from 20-26 March this year, it is important to recognise the country’s growing reliance on groundwater –...
Alvaro Lario: “Without family farming, we would not have eaten today”
More than 150 representatives from all five continents have gathered in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Euskadi, Spain to discuss the future of family farming, which provides food...