UN launches hunt for start-ups and enterprises changing the face of food systems
The UN Food Systems Summit has announced a competition to identify the best small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from across the world...
How Does Climate Change Affect the Ocean?
This year brought some bad news on the climate change front: researchers found that ice is melting faster worldwide, and there’s a...
Family Bank to disburse approximately US $5m for agribusiness across 17 counties in Kenya
Family Bank has committed to disburse loans worth approximately US $5m to agribusinesses across selected 17 counties in Kenya over the next...
Bauchi State government releases US $788,436 for fertilizer blending and distribution in Nigeria
The Bauchi State government has released the sum of US $788,436 to the State Agricultural Supply Company (BASAC) as a revolving scheme...
Nigeria in position to export US $3Bn in Cocoa derivatives to AfCFTA
The Nigerian federal government has disclosed that by taking advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Nigeria has the capacity...
Technology and simplified data on the weather and management of production processes for agribusiness...
The use of technology and simplified data on weather and management of production processes have been proven to be the key to...
Our productive land is in decline, so how can we keep up with the...
Agroforestry –Aerial over farmland in Kenya
Soil is a finite resource, and it can take up to 1,000...
MIMAIP to collect over US $6m from fishing campaign in Mozambique
Mozambique's Ministry of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries (MIMAIP) is set to collect over US $6m in revenue during the 2021...
Solving for hunger and agriculture sustainability with the platform economy
By : Nico Groenewald, Head of Agribusiness, Standard Bank
The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated South Africa’s social challenges, mostly...
Industry leading digital farming platform Climate FieldView™ launches in South Africa
A field in South Africa displays the Climate FieldView™ logo
The Climate Corporation, Bayer’s digital farming arm, has...