Zambian farmers present climate-resilient solutions at WASA Field Day
Smallholder farmers in Zambia are demonstrating how improved soil management, better water use, and digital climate information can strengthen agricultural resilience at the Water and...
Middle East conflict raises risks for rural supply chains and world food security, IFAD...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) warns in a new position paper released at the World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings that conflict in the Middle East is creating severe disruptions for smallholder farmers and producers...
Rwanda to rehabilitate cold-room facilities to improve post-harvest handling for over 400,000 smallholders
Rwanda is set to rehabilitate cold-room facilities across key agricultural zones in a move expected to improve post-harvest handling, reduce losses, and expand market...
Grow Further Announces Phase II Grant to Scale AI-Powered Crop Disease Detection in Tanzania
Grow Further today announced a new Phase II grant to expand a breakthrough agricultural technology project in Tanzania, aimed at helping smallholder farmers combat...
Heifer International launches project to strengthen feed and fodder systems in Kenya’s dairy
By Zablon Oyugi
Heifer International Kenya has launched the Transforming Yield through Feed and Fodder Access in Dairy (TYFFAD) project, a four-year initiative expected to...
Soilsistas roundtable highlights women led agripreneurship
During a recent SoilSistas Round Table discussion held at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) in Johannesburg, discussions centred on how women led...
Shaktiman boosts African women’s farm mechanization access.
SHAKTIMAN (Tirth Agro Technology Pvt. ltd.), one of India’s leading agricultural machinery manufacturers, in collaboration with Hello Tractor, has launched a dedicated Women Empowerment...
Conflict in the Middle East Threatens Global Food Systems
The escalation of conflict in the Middle East and Gulf region is contributing to volatility in global food, energy and fertilizer markets, with implications...
Court Ruling Reveals Foot-and-Mouth Crisis Disconnect
The court order and accompanying cost order in the urgent legal case brought by Saai, Sakeliga and Free State Agriculture against the Minister, Director-General...
Unlocking Africa’s Borders for the Traders Who Feed Our Region
By Daniel Njiwa,
More than a decade ago, in what feels like a past life, I worked with the Common Market for Eastern and...