Long-limbed chicken under threat
A study, conducted by researchers from the UK and the US, looked at some of the oldest known domesticated breeds of chicken in Africa,...
Pesticide Inert Ingredients Market Continues to Benefit from New & Improved Crop Protection Solutions:...
A report published by on the pesticide inert ingredients market considers the global industry analysis for 2014–2018 and forecast 2019–2029 to project that the pesticide inert...
Africa’s Small-Scale Fisheries Critical to Food Security
Africa’s small-scale fisheries play a critical role in global food security and must be supported with greater research and investment, say international and African...
Zebras offer leads to control tsetse flies
Zebras, specifically odours found in their skin, may provide leads to boost the management of the deadly and devastating African trypanosomosis disease, which is...
Prof. Baldwyn Torto awarded the 2019 Agropolis Louis Malassis International Prize for Food and...
Professor Baldwyn Torto, Principal Scientist and Head, Behavioural and Chemical Ecology (BCEU), at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Kenya, has...
Crop estimates still positive but not enough to lift agriculture GDP in the near...
As expected, the latest Crop Estimates Committee’s (CEC) production estimate report showed an upward revision to the February estimate for maize to 10.56 million...
New knowledge on how stable flies choose the best sites to lay their eggs...
Female stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) on donkey dung (Photo: Dr Robert Copeland, icipe)
Researchers at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), in...
AFGRI Technology Services partners with TuksNovation to drive agricultural innovation in SA
AFGRI Technology Services (“ATS”), which focuses on the development and implementation of agricultural technology (“AgTech”) solutions, will be partnering with the University of Pretoria’s...
A macroeconomic impact assessment of a policy of land expropriation without compensation in South...
By Dr Roelof Botha (GIBS Faculty – part-time) and Prof Ilse Botha (University of Johannesburg)
Executive Summary
Any doubts over the overwhelming impact that the debate...
Akwa Ibom – Sustainable Development in Nigeria’s Prime Investment Destination
By Udeme Etukeyen
AKWA IBOM, Nigeria, - Seen from afar, Nigeria is one large African nation and the continent's most robust economy, but within the...