Preventing Crop Disease Outbreaks in African Culture
In the past, crop diseases have destroyed African plants. Preventing outbreaks of these diseases is necessary to sustain communities. Crop infections are highly preventable...
Three ways you can teach your children to save water
Children see what adults tend to ignore. We might walk past a leaky tap or half glass of water and think nothing of it....
Sustainable intensification of smallholder agriculture in Madagascar using higher yielding seed as a catalyst
On March 2nd, 2023, SSG held a national workshop on seed systems development in Madagascar and presented a recently-completed survey of farmer crop variety...
Bayer collaborates with Microsoft to unveil new cloud-based enterprise solutions
Following a 2021 strategic partnership announcement with Microsoft, Bayer today launched new cloud-based solutions for the agri-food industry: AgPowered Services from Bayer in combination...
Study explains how a fungus helps plants to acquire more iron in a sustainable...
After verifying its potential as a pest biocontrol agent, a team at the University of Cordoba unraveled the mechanisms used by the entomopathogenic fungus...
Kenyan youth helps farmers fix tired soil with locally manufactured organic fertiliser
By Zablon OyugiWith over 50 million Kenyans to be fed daily, it becomes a matter of urgency for agricultural stakeholders across the country to...
Climate Smart Agriculture Policy Dialogue
A three-day policy dialogue on promoting climate change is underway at the University of Pretoria, South Africa to craft messages that will be relayed...
Diverse Horticultural Crops are Much More Climate Friendly than Commodity Crops
Fertilizer prices remain elevated. And climate change has resulted in higher temperatures and less rainfall in many parts of the world. In high-income countries,...
Africa’s new free trade area set to boost agriculture: Report
Agriculture accounts about one-third of the African continent’s GDP, provides a livelihood for 50 percent of the population and feeds hundreds of millions of...
The surprising number of vegan restaurants in Cape Town
Considering that South Africa is one of the highest per capita meat-consuming countries in Africa, one might be surprised to discover that there are...