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| R3,357m went to seven potato producing cooperatives in the OR Tambo District Municipality last year - the funds were used to buy agricultural inputs such as fertilisers, seeds, and pesticides... read |
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| According to Jervis Zimba, president of the Zambia National Farmers' Union (ZNFU), “The only way we can achieve the status of being a breadbasket is to zero rate agriculture.” read |
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| Stakeholders in the regional agricultural sector have expressed concerns over the delay by Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa member states to harmonise seed policies... read |
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| Businessman Aliko Dangote may become the largest exporter of rice in the world by 2021 according to the president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina... read |
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| Arend de Haas A project conducted by the African Conservation Foundation and the Environment and Rural Development Foundation shows that emerging technologies and big data can take conservation to a new level... read |
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| With FAO's new tool, the WaPOR open-access database going live, measuring how efficiently water is used in agriculture, particularly in water-scarce countries, is going high-tech... read |
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| Mondelez International, one of the world's largest snacks companies, is extending its cage-free egg commitment globally... read |
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| It may not be completely organic, but a philosophy based on ‘harmony with nature' has worked wonders for soil health, productivity and the surrounding environment for South Africa's largest tomato grower, ZZ2... read |
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| Gabriella Mulligan Applications are open to the Telkom FutureMakers InnoTech programme, seeking Cape Town-based budding entrepreneurs in need of help to get their tech startup ideas off the ground... read |
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