South Africa has exported its first batch of lychee to the USA in December 2015, said the country’s department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Cocoa trader and processor Noble Group has become the latest signatory of the Abidjan Cocoa Declaration after signing the agreement at the World Cocoa Conference in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
A new report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi has revealed that certain varieties of food crops generate more toxins as a result of extreme weather...
As part of the capacity building agreement between the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Libya, FAO representation to Libya is delivering a...
During the 'Omor-In-Focus' ceremony, Chris Oranu Chidume, Eze Igulube, Eze-Anaukwu, of Omor Kingdom expressed readiness in leveraging Governor Charles Soludo's smart agriculture project
South Sudan will benefit from two new projects totalling US$116mn that aim to improve agricultural production, strengthen farmer capacity, and restore livelihoods and food security
Case IH shares the company’s experience and expertise with visitors at the 5th Commercial Farm Africa summit in Tanzania
Nigeria has formally released two new vitamin A-rich and high-yielding maize hybrids into its agricultural sector with the intention of reducing the West African nation’s vitamin A deficiency
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) will invest US$25.2mn to improve cassava productivity in sub-Saharan Africa
The measures in place for food provision and the supply of medicines were recently explored by Dr Sylvester Kimaiyo, programme director at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in...
Since the reveal of the autonomous concept vehicle, Case IH has been evolving the technology and further defining automation and autonomy as it relates to agriculture
Three Cuban aquaculture experts were called upon by Namibia's Ministry of Food and Industry to help boost fish production levels in the country
Sustainable agriculture company CH4 plans to build the first farm and processing plant to turn red seaweed into a feed supplement for cows in order to reduce their methane production...
Research now underway at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Kari) shows that a modified form of the mosquito net can used to protect cabbage plants from aphids and caterpillars
TOMRA Food has launched the TOMRA 5C premium sorting machine, with the company’s unique biometric signature identification technology, for frozen vegetables
CLAAS has launched the AXION 900 series, which has undergone systematic refinement and offers many new features
HE Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, explains what the Africa Food Prize means to African youth, and why we need a renewed focus on sustainable practices
The wasteful fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) industry in West Africa is posing a serious threat to regional fish stocks that are essential for the food security and livelihoods of...
AgriTech start-up CarobWay Ltd and Israel’s oldest environmental arm, the Jewish National Fund (JNF-KKL), have kicked off a research initiative for carob trees across Israel
The Netherlands has contributed US$28mn to support FAO’s work to boost the resilience of food systems in Somalia, Sudan, and South Sudan – part of a new initiative to scale...