FAO, SADC launch Regional Agricultural Information Management System
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have launched the inaugural SADC...
Prosper Cashew Convenes Industry Stakeholders to Transform Cashew Processing in Nigeria
Today, representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Embassy in Lagos, international nonprofit TechnoServe , ISF Advisors, Nigerian cashew processors, and...
Zambia expedites climate change law
Zambia is expediting the formulation and enactment of a law to regulate carbon markets and insure the creation of an environmental integrity and allow...
ICRISAT facilitating internship for climate-smart innovators
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is facilitating internship opportunities for students from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)...
PlantwisePlus launched in Ghana
A new CABI-led worldwide programme ‘PlantwisePlus’ has been launched in Ghana to help smallholder farmers produce more and high-quality food.
Special emphasis will be placed...
Encouraging Wildlife and Livestock Coexistence
Farmers have traditionally tried to separate wildlife and livestock. Wild animals can spread diseases, prey upon or outcompete domesticated animals. The reigning ideology has...
SARB aims to subdue inflation with a 75-basis points hike
As with other Central Banks, the SARB faced runaway inflation, uncertainty over the duration of the Russia-Ukraine war and its continued curtailment of world...
Zambian farmers cry over delayed inputs
The slow distribution of inputs ahead of the planting season in Zambia amid climatic change effects caused by bureaucratic procurement procedures has raised anxiety...
Tru-Cape growers produce one million bins of apples and pears in a single season
Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest exporter of South African apples and pears, and wholly owned by its growers at Ceres Fruit Growers and Two-a-Day...
Ghana farmers benefiting from solar-powered cold storage
Farmers in Ghana are using solar powered cold storage to keep freshly harvested fruit and vegetables cool.
AkoFresh, the company behind the innovation, says countries...