Namibia’s smallholder farmers are showing growing interest in pig farming since a new pilot scheme was rolled out aimed at promoting and protecting the sector
Agroeconomists have advised Rwandan farmers to work towards ensuring sustainable food production in Rwanda through mechanisation and the use of innovative technologies
IFC and the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has launched a new programme that will leverage greater private sector investments to support the food production value chain...
Africa is capable of feeding itself in one generation – this is the bold message from Harvard University Professor Calestous Juma, in his book The New Harvest, Agricultural Innovation...
Hazera, the vegetable seed company, has had a long history of breeding cucumbers and has made game-changing improvements in cucumber genetics
South African blueberry growers are stepping up their promotional drive in Germany by highlighting the quality and sustainability credentials of their fruit
Modern foods will be far more efficient than animal-derived products: up to 100 times more land-efficient, 10-25 times more feedstock-efficient, 20 times more time-efficient and 10 times more water-efficient than...
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is warning nations to step up monitoring, reporting and prevention of Fusarium wilt, the world’s most destructive banana disease that has in recent years...
Through South-South cooperation, countries across the global South are successfully exchanging technical expertise and building innovative partnerships that, if strengthened, can continue to play a crucial role in achieving the...
The government of Kagera region has finalised plans to introduce cage fish farming to increase revenue from fisheries resources
New Holland Agriculture and The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, has announced a new partnership that will extend and develop a portfolio of data sharing capabilities to help...
András Szabó, the ambassador of Hungary to Ghana, has underscored the importance of innovation and research for the development of Ghana’s agricultural sector in his speech at the recent Ghanaian-Hungarian...
The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) has developed a hybrid finger millet variety in Kenya that is drought- and disease-resistant
The Zimbabwe Poultry Association (ZPA) has said that it plans to produce 72 million day-old chicks this year, up from 52 million in 2011
Farmers in Africa are increasingly embracing climate-smart agriculture, a recently released book has claimed
DuPont Animal Nutrition, a DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences (DuPont) business unit, has announced a partnership with Proteon Pharmaceutics
The new LION 403 C and LION 503 C folding power harrows line from Pöttinger have working widths of 4.0 and 5.0m
Agreto are looking to extend its range of measuring and weighing meters through new agents and distributors in sub-Saharan Africa
Zimbabwe has received US$32mn worth of agricultural implements from Brazil under the first phase of the Zimbabwe-Brazil More Food for Africa Programme
Royal Pas Reform and the Academy team have enjoyed the company and participation of a host of breeder farm and hatchery managers from across the African continent, during three hatchery...
Some farmers in Nigeria have said that the agricultural loan programme would not benefit them as funding would never reach them. (Image source: MikeBlyth)
