Africa Food Prize 2024 Call for Nominations Now Open
Africa Food Systems Prize opens nominations process for 2024
In recognition of the remarkable achievements and innovations within the AfricanFood Systems sector, the prestigious Africa...
Bespoke fire-risk systems for agri and food processing
Fire engineering specialist ASP Fire highlights its specialised expertise in the agri and food processing industries. “In creating a bespoke system for any new...
Milken Institute and Motsepe Foundation launches Technology Prize Program
The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation today launched the Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize program, a multi-year initiative to focus global innovators and entrepreneurs on...
South African gene technology: we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg
Advances in genetic sequencing are uncovering a treasure trove of information that will have far reaching consequences for stable, continued food production. This was...
Perennial rice incorporates African wild rice genes and halves production cost
An estimated 670 million people are projected to be undernourished in 2030, as noted in FAO’s The State of Food Security and Nutrition in...
Consumers face another expensive braai season in 2022
Consumers face an expensive braai season as they enter the December festive with meat inflation at the highest level for this period since November...
Kenya’s Garissa County embarks on animal vaccination drive
The Garissa County government in Kenya in conjunction with Save The Children organization has launched a joint mass vaccination of animals in Balambala sub-county.
The...
Burkina Faso government, African Development Bank launch project to bolster food security
The government of Burkina Faso has officially launched an African Development Bank supported project to bolster food security in the country against the impacts...
AFEX unveils 2022 wet season crop production report
Nigeria’s leading commodities market player, AFEX, has unveiled its 2022 Wet Season Crop Production Report in a hybrid event hosted at the AFEX head...
BKT outlines the 10 macro-trends that will shape agriculture in 2024
Historically speaking, there are many factors that have had an influence on the agricultural sector: first and foremost, climate instability, geopolitical crises falling on...