In recent years, Africa has recorded the fastest growth globally in the number of hungry people and will have the highest total number of hungry people in the next decade if we cannot reverse current trends...
Patrice Talla 6 Jan 2021
The World Economic Report on Global Risk by the World Bank lists elements of climate change and climate risk in its top 10 list of risks the world faces today...
Danette Breitenbach 14 Mar 2019
Millions of Africans still suffer from water shortages due to problems of uneven distribution and management of existing supplies...
Danette Breitenbach 13 Mar 2019
We owe it to our children to advocate for their awareness around nutrition and obesity, and their fruit consumption seems a good place to start...
Konanani Liphadzi 19 Oct 2018
As South Africa establishes itself ever more securely in the modern world, so South African farmers must adapt to a set of new challenges...
Bruce Hakutizwi 8 Aug 2018
Nigerian startup Thrive Agric is using a crowdfunding platform to provide farmers with the finance they need to grow their businesses and offer ordinary people the chance to invest in agriculture...
Tom Jackson 13 Feb 2018
The absolute and undeniable reality is that we have to produce more and do it with less. This can only be done through innovation in food production...
Andre Westerveld 22 Jan 2018
Technology is one of the key growth drivers expected to support efficiency gains and increased output internationally, from biotech to automation...
Ashley Boag 8 Jan 2018
To manage the coming swell, robots that harvest crops and digital farming are joining green revolution and time-held traditional farming techniques. Digital farming is garnering lots of interest...
Simon Carpenter 7 Dec 2017
How important is modernising agricultural education to the transformation of the industry?
Cari Coetzee 30 Nov 2017
Shaheen Rajabally launched Natura Sugars - the only range of truly unrefined sugars in South Africa and exclusively sourced from Mauritius. We asked Rajabally to tell us the sweet story of Natura Sugars...
Cari Coetzee 2 Nov 2017
We chat to Howard Blight, founder of Agricolleges International, about World Food Day and the role of education in realising food security goals...
Cari Coetzee 16 Oct 2017
We chat to the founder and co-creator of TheTreeApp, one of the most powerful tree identification apps on the market, Val Thomas...
Cari Coetzee 18 Sep 2017
Aerial data analytics specialist helping farmers optimise their crops, Aerobotics and Dutch environmental technology enterprise, RanMarine, teams up in #cocreate2Accelerate and looks at river water management...
Cari Coetzee 13 Sep 2017
"We understood that we couldn't create new jobs, facilitate more access to land and opportunity, without providing the means for people to share their skills and technical know-how..."
Cari Coetzee 26 Jul 2017
We chat to President and CEO of AGT Foods, Murad Al-Katib, the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2017, about his win, entrepreneurship and feeding the world...
Cari Coetzee 18 Jul 2017
We chat to Eco-Logic Award winner, Reliance Compost's founder and director about organic compost, growing green minds and ensuring a healthy world for future generations...
Cari Coetzee 17 Jul 2017
Thabang Mabapa's Selokong Sa Dimelana project grows castor seed crops for the commercial production of castor seed oil as an alternative biofuel. We wanted to find out a bit more about this inspiring young entrepreneur...
Cari Coetzee 22 Jun 2017
