The new rice for Africa (Nerica) variety is poised to reduce rice importation costs in Africa with annual savings of more than US$90mn

Apart from oil and diamonds, Angola's major export earners for the past four decades, the country previously had substantial exports of cash crops which fed food processing and textile industries

Standard Bank Namibia has pledged to help farmers in combating the effects of drought-stricken areas in Namibia

The Tanzanian government plans to transform 350,000ha of land to produce food crops for both domestic consumption and exports

Zimbabwe has been awarded more than US$3mn from the European Union to be used to fund training of agricultural extension workers across the country