Tanzania - A new maize variety is expected to combat food scarcity in Geita where pests and drought ravage crops...
Elias Msuya 12 Apr 2018
Australian scientists have found evidence that two of the world's most damaging pests have hybridised to create a dangerous mega-pest with pesticide-resistant genes and warn that its spread throughout the global agricultural community could be devastating...
Rich Haridy 10 Apr 2018
Business as usual is no longer an option for food and agriculture. The global agriculture system will have to be radically transformed to avoid further environmental and social problems...
Nina Moeller & Michel Pimbert 27 Mar 2018
Herbicide resistance was first reported in the USA in 1957. Today, a mere 60 years later, some 254 species of weeds no longer respond to 163 different herbicides. Resistance to herbicides has been reported on 92 crops in 70 countries...
23 Mar 2018
The symposium aims to establish a practical network of mentors for South African youth to tap into enhanced programmes that not only encourage greater youth participation in the sector but also facilitate this in a sustainable manner...
22 Mar 2018
In a first for South Africa, the government has launched a R37.5m biorefinery facility in Durban. The facility will support innovation in a range of industries, including forestry, agro-processing and other biomass-based industries...
22 Mar 2018
The two-year programme, targeting mid-level professionals working in the agriculture sector across sub-Saharan Africa, seeks to strengthen the capacity of Africa's young professionals to revolutionise agriculture value chains grappling with skills gap and low technology uptake...
13 Mar 2018
According to the Stats SA Quarter Four Labour Force Survey, agriculture created an additional 39,000 jobs...
12 Mar 2018
Digital solutions have huge potential for helping farmers boost productivity and connect to financial tools and markets around the world...
Heinz Strubenhoff and Roy Parizat 8 Mar 2018
Scientists have devised a process of converting olive mill wastewater into biofuel, fertiliser and clean water...
Ben Coxworth 5 Mar 2018
ACB has shared a new report, A review of participatory plant breeding and lessons for African seed and food sovereignty movements, which considers the role of smallholder farmers in plant breeding activities in partnership with formal public sector breeders...
5 Mar 2018
Countries need to promote a rural and structural transformation that fosters synergies between farm and non-farm activities and that reinforces the linkages between rural areas and cities - including processing, packaging, transportation, distribution, marketing and service provision...
26 Feb 2018
Budget speech should address some of the sector's challenges to ensure food security...
Wessel Lemmer 20 Feb 2018
Demand across the world for Farmer Field Schools are increasing due to their ability to help smallholder farmers cope with complex challenges...
15 Feb 2018