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Armyworms on march a threat to all SA

Armyworms on march a threat to all SA

7 Feb 2017

Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility via - Fall armyworm

Armyworm hits SA

6 Feb 2017

#WeatherWatch: Is La Niña on her way out?

#WeatherWatch: Is La Niña on her way out?

Piers Kenyon 6 Feb 2017

Photo by Yue Jin via - Close up of stem rust

New races of damaging wheat rust found as old ones continue to spread

6 Feb 2017

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Feb 2017

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

Daniel Pelz 1 Feb 2017

The Western Indian Ocean's blue economy can thrive. Here's how

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg 30 Jan 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Horn of Africa faces acute food shortage

30 Jan 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via

Can organic farming improve food security for SA's poor communities?

27 Jan 2017

USAID via - Woman watering crops in Morogoro, Tanzania

Invisible irrigators: how small-scale Tanzanian farmers are making a difference

Phil Woodhouse 25 Jan 2017

- Daniel Maitethia (left) shows one of his students how to use the water irrigation system in Meru, Kenya, June 16, 2016. Photo: Caroline Wambui

Kenyan irrigation app aims to cut water waste, crop losses

Caroline Wambui 25 Jan 2017

Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Saliou Niassy, Sunday Ekesi 24 Jan 2017

. Photograph: Yousef Eldin

FAO pushing ahead with digital strategy to equip farmers with ICT

24 Jan 2017

Food security: how Fairtrade helps level the playing field for small producers

Food security: how Fairtrade helps level the playing field for small producers

Bob Doherty 24 Jan 2017

Southern Africa battles armyworm invasion

Lameck Masina 23 Jan 2017

Africa needs to manage food, water and energy in a way that connects all three

Africa needs to manage food, water and energy in a way that connects all three

Agathe Maupin and Mercy Mwanikah Ojoyi 23 Jan 2017

Erdenebayar via

Agriculture and water scarcity - it's time to act

23 Jan 2017

Using wastewater as an agricultural resource

20 Jan 2017

SA's maize crop may help feed SADC

Wandile Sihlobo 20 Jan 2017

Is Southern Africa running out of fish?

Geoff Hill 18 Jan 2017

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To discover Africa's biodiversity, look to the soil

Esther Ngumbi 18 Jan 2017

Improved agricultural production outlook bodes well for food inflation

Improved agricultural production outlook bodes well for food inflation

17 Jan 2017

African agriculture on the World Economic Forum annual meeting agenda

African agriculture on the World Economic Forum annual meeting agenda

16 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Why more than ever, sustainability is good business

#BizTrends2017: Why more than ever, sustainability is good business

Justin Smith 12 Jan 2017

Wheat industry in distress as farmers switch to crops that bring in dough

Colleen Goko 12 Jan 2017

2017: Weathering a tough year for business

2017: Weathering a tough year for business

12 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Investment in youth, emerging farmers to develop the industry

#BizTrends2017: Investment in youth, emerging farmers to develop the industry

Cari Coetzee 10 Jan 2017

Why cutting meat from your diet could be a revolutionary act

Why cutting meat from your diet could be a revolutionary act

Carla Tsampiras and Neil Overy 9 Jan 2017

Commercialisation of agriculture in Tanzania to be private sector-led

Commercialisation of agriculture in Tanzania to be private sector-led

3 Jan 2017

Drought takes its toll in Eastern Cape

Drought takes its toll in Eastern Cape

29 Dec 2016

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Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility via - Fall armyworm

Armyworm hits SA

6 Feb 2017

#WeatherWatch: Is La Niña on her way out?

#WeatherWatch: Is La Niña on her way out?

Piers Kenyon 6 Feb 2017

Photo by Yue Jin via - Close up of stem rust

New races of damaging wheat rust found as old ones continue to spread

6 Feb 2017

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Feb 2017

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

Daniel Pelz 1 Feb 2017

The Western Indian Ocean's blue economy can thrive. Here's how

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg 30 Jan 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Horn of Africa faces acute food shortage

30 Jan 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via

Can organic farming improve food security for SA's poor communities?

27 Jan 2017

USAID via - Woman watering crops in Morogoro, Tanzania

Invisible irrigators: how small-scale Tanzanian farmers are making a difference

Phil Woodhouse 25 Jan 2017

- Daniel Maitethia (left) shows one of his students how to use the water irrigation system in Meru, Kenya, June 16, 2016. Photo: Caroline Wambui

Kenyan irrigation app aims to cut water waste, crop losses

Caroline Wambui 25 Jan 2017

Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Saliou Niassy, Sunday Ekesi 24 Jan 2017

. Photograph: Yousef Eldin

FAO pushing ahead with digital strategy to equip farmers with ICT

24 Jan 2017

Food security: how Fairtrade helps level the playing field for small producers

Food security: how Fairtrade helps level the playing field for small producers

Bob Doherty 24 Jan 2017

Southern Africa battles armyworm invasion

Lameck Masina 23 Jan 2017

Africa needs to manage food, water and energy in a way that connects all three

Africa needs to manage food, water and energy in a way that connects all three

Agathe Maupin and Mercy Mwanikah Ojoyi 23 Jan 2017

Erdenebayar via

Agriculture and water scarcity - it's time to act

23 Jan 2017

Using wastewater as an agricultural resource

20 Jan 2017

SA's maize crop may help feed SADC

Wandile Sihlobo 20 Jan 2017

Is Southern Africa running out of fish?

Geoff Hill 18 Jan 2017

meganelford0 via

To discover Africa's biodiversity, look to the soil

Esther Ngumbi 18 Jan 2017

Improved agricultural production outlook bodes well for food inflation

Improved agricultural production outlook bodes well for food inflation

17 Jan 2017

African agriculture on the World Economic Forum annual meeting agenda

African agriculture on the World Economic Forum annual meeting agenda

16 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Why more than ever, sustainability is good business

#BizTrends2017: Why more than ever, sustainability is good business

Justin Smith 12 Jan 2017

Wheat industry in distress as farmers switch to crops that bring in dough

Colleen Goko 12 Jan 2017

2017: Weathering a tough year for business

2017: Weathering a tough year for business

12 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Investment in youth, emerging farmers to develop the industry

#BizTrends2017: Investment in youth, emerging farmers to develop the industry

Cari Coetzee 10 Jan 2017

Why cutting meat from your diet could be a revolutionary act

Why cutting meat from your diet could be a revolutionary act

Carla Tsampiras and Neil Overy 9 Jan 2017

Commercialisation of agriculture in Tanzania to be private sector-led

Commercialisation of agriculture in Tanzania to be private sector-led

3 Jan 2017

Drought takes its toll in Eastern Cape

Drought takes its toll in Eastern Cape

29 Dec 2016

Post-harvest losses still major challenge in East Africa

28 Dec 2016

High-tech agriculture can prevent oncoming global water wars

High-tech agriculture can prevent oncoming global water wars

Rupesh Paudyal 28 Dec 2016

Survival of livestock during the drought

Prof. HO de Waal 28 Dec 2016

By Kate Holt_AusAID –

Gender equality in agriculture holds key to food security, poverty alleviation

23 Dec 2016

KZN works to build food security

KZN works to build food security

21 Dec 2016

Local industry disappointed with 13.9% increase in duty for EU poultry

Local industry disappointed with 13.9% increase in duty for EU poultry

20 Dec 2016

Call for further assistance in drought relief

Call for further assistance in drought relief

19 Dec 2016

Important wins were notched up for African agriculture in 2016

Important wins were notched up for African agriculture in 2016

Calestous Juma 19 Dec 2016

FAO Council approves new climate change department

15 Dec 2016

Our farmers: champions at the dinner table

Our farmers: champions at the dinner table

Hamlet Hlomendlini 14 Dec 2016

Why Zimbabwe has failed to sate the yearning for land and to fix rural hunger

Why Zimbabwe has failed to sate the yearning for land and to fix rural hunger

Beverly L. Peters 13 Dec 2016

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