The Sustainable Solution for Food Production and Consumption
By James Wong, Ethnobotanist and Presenter of Follow the Food on BBC World News and BBC.com
In the future, there will be more of us...
Lack of proper pest and disease control threaten sustainability
The ability to detect, prevent and respond to animal health and livestock emergencies is critical to ensure food security and the sustainability of the...
Agtech Company SupPlant Raises $10M To Solve The Biggest Problem Smallholder Farmers Are Facing
SupPlant FAMILY R-L URI BEN NER CEO ZOHAR BEN NER FOUNDER AVNER BEN NER GRADFATHER FARMER
Today SupPlant, the leading precision agriculture hardware-software solution, is...
Kenya to introduce hybrid rice seeds
The government of Kenya has announced plans to introduce hybrid rice seeds for commercial production next season.
This follows a partnership between the government and...
Israeli smart farming co SupPlant raises US $10m
Israeli precision agriculture hardware-software solution company SupPlant has announced the completion of a US $10 million financing round co-led by Boresight Capital, Menomadin Foundation,...
South Sudan to receive funds to address food insecurity
South Sudan is set to receive funding for various organisations to address acute food insecurity and desert locust crisis in the country.
The South Sudan...
UN agencies raise concern over looming famine in northern Ethiopia
The UN agencies; The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF are calling...
FAO, CABI act in concert to intensify pest control in Eastern Africa
As part of a broad-based initiative to address the plant protection needs of the Eastern Africa nations, a practical training programme on Pest Risk...
What does the impact of the lower contribution to the GDP mean for agriculture?
Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural economist at FNB Agri-Business
Although contribution was muted in the 1st quarter, this is a temporary blip given the...
African Food Fellowship kicks off food systems leadership training programme
The African Food Fellowship has kicked off a food systems leadership training programme set to boost Africa’s food systems. The Fellowship will empower emerging...