South Africa’s loss of young farmers is reversible
In her PhD study at Stellenbosch University, Dr Kandas Cloete found that up to 20% of farmers in the age group 35 to 45...
Seven Reasons Why Now Is The Best Time To Create Prosperity
By: Dr. Nimrod Israely 🥭 Founder and CEO of Biofeed & Dream Valley
For many decades NOTHING has created a more significant impact on food security in...
Rearing of small stocks is the key to sustainability and productivity in communal areas
By Hwande SheunesuZimbabwe’s communal farmers are still doing roadrunner production to supplement for their nutritional requirements. However an economic paradigm has evolved in the...
Hello Tractor, Heifer International Unveil Pay-As-You-Go Tractor Financing for Agripreneurs in Nigeria
Seeking innovative ways to generate agribusiness opportunities for young African entrepreneurs, Heifer International announced today that it is investing $1 million USD in the...
Acclaim for Case IH’s accomplished tractors in Uganda
Acclaim for Case IH’s accomplished tractors in Uganda
Cote d’Ivoire: African Development Bank-supported Digital Platform will Support Women Farmers to Gain Access...
The platform is part of a UN Women project in Cote d’Ivoire to strengthen women’s agricultural resilience to climate change
Women farmers in Cote d’Ivoire...
TROPICSAFE achieves significant results to better manage lethal yellowing in palms, yellows in grapevine,...
For five years, the TROPICSAFE project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and coordinated by Prof. Assunta Bertaccini (University...
CIMMYT turning mechanisation wheels for Zimbabwe farmers
A new project aiming to climate-proof Zimbabwean farms through improved access to small-scale mechanisation to reduce labour bottlenecks has been launched.The Harnessing Appropriate-scale Farm...
Agriculture and the challenge of climate change
In view of Earth Day, BKT dedicates the sixth episode of Global Trends to the theme of the climate emergency and how agriculture is...
Zimbabwe to inject US $51M in SIRP
The Government of Zimbabwe and development partners have injected at least US $51 million towards the Small Holder Irrigation Revitalisation Programme (SIRP) to rural...