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Agriculture

South Africa's agriculture may recover in 2025

Wandile Sihlobo 7 Jan 2025

A villager arrives to collect her monthly allocations of food aid provided by the World Food Program (WFP) in Mumijo, Buhera district east of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, 16 March 2024. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Food, Water & Energy Security

More than half of Zimbabwean population will need food aid, cabinet says

Nyasha Chingono 17 May 2024

Healthcare

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

3 vital minerals found to enhance potato growth

Agro-processing

3 vital minerals found to enhance potato growth

18 Aug 2023

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Banking

Old Mutual posts 10% rise in FY profit

15 Mar 2023

Environmentally sustainable silage practices now critical to agriculture

Agribusiness

Environmentally sustainable silage practices now critical to agriculture

19 Jul 2022

Zimbabwe's horticultural sector blooms

Horticulture

Zimbabwe's horticultural sector blooms

Elita Chikwati 7 May 2021

To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho

Food Security

To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho

Friederike Otto and Jasper Verschuur 16 Mar 2021

Why more Ugandan farmers aren't adopting drought tolerant maize

Agro-processing

Why more Ugandan farmers aren't adopting drought tolerant maize

HyeJin Lee 3 Sep 2020

Why we should all take silage seriously

Agribusiness

Why we should all take silage seriously

Gerhard Diedericks 2 Oct 2019

Citizen science helps farmers adapt to climate change

Agro-processing

Citizen science helps farmers adapt to climate change

Cecilia Rosen 12 Mar 2019

Macro matters impacting SA's farmers

Agribusiness

Macro matters impacting SA's farmers

Johan van den Berg 25 Oct 2018

Hannahlongole via

Agriculture

Researchers developing drought-tolerant African crops

11 Apr 2018

Agriculture

Scientists are breeding super-nutritious crops to help solve global hunger

Heather Ohly, Nicola Lowe 23 Jan 2018

With more than one crop, farmers weather armyworm attacks

Agriculture

With more than one crop, farmers weather armyworm attacks

Kagondu Njagi 2 Aug 2017

Why you need to invest early in IoT

Internet

Why you need to invest early in IoT

Max Makgoale 10 May 2017

Horticulture

Heavy rains disrupt vegetable production

9 Mar 2017

ESG

UN agencies scale up efforts to save lives in Southern Madagascar

26 Oct 2016

'Share the Meal' app fundraises for scholars affected by drought

Mobile

'Share the Meal' app fundraises for scholars affected by drought

5 Aug 2016

USAID Africa Bureau via

Food Security

A race against time: ensuring farming support in drought-ravaged Southern Africa

29 Jul 2016

ESG

Race against time in drought-ravaged Southern Africa

29 Jul 2016

What Africa's drought responses teach us about climate change hotspots

Climate Change

What Africa's drought responses teach us about climate change hotspots

Gina Ziervogel, Margaret Angula, and Salma Hegga 12 Jul 2016

New project helps African farmers address stresses in maize farming

Commodities & Fairtrade

New project helps African farmers address stresses in maize farming

23 Mar 2016

Food Security

SACAU assesses drought conditions

25 Jan 2016

[BizTrends 2016] Top five trends for Agriculture 2016

Trends

[BizTrends 2016] Top five trends for Agriculture 2016

Cari Van Wyk 18 Jan 2016

[Earth Focus] The future of food

Food, Water & Energy Security

[Earth Focus] The future of food

Roger Metcalfe 17 Dec 2015

Microfinance providers, mobile carriers drive financial inclusion for the unbanked

Mobile

Microfinance providers, mobile carriers drive financial inclusion for the unbanked

26 Nov 2015

UN agencies expand operations in Southern Africa as poor harvests deepen food insecurity

Food Security

UN agencies expand operations in Southern Africa as poor harvests deepen food insecurity

21 Oct 2015

Farmer calls for all farmers to get involved in land reform

Agriculture

Farmer calls for all farmers to get involved in land reform

20 Jul 2015

Maize futures mostly lower following good weekend rains

Commodities & Fairtrade

Maize futures mostly lower following good weekend rains

10 Feb 2015

Drought conditions could result in 30% rise in food prices

Commodities & Fairtrade

Drought conditions could result in 30% rise in food prices

9 Feb 2015

Food Security

World Food Day to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder farmers

21 Oct 2014

[Climate changing the face of agriculture]: Part 2 - Farmers fight against climate change

Food Security

[Climate changing the face of agriculture]: Part 2 - Farmers fight against climate change

Rudi Massyn 3 Jul 2014

FAO, EU help Zimbabwe's farmers expand productivity

Sustainable Farming

FAO, EU help Zimbabwe's farmers expand productivity

10 Mar 2014

Malawi: Environmental journos hail new government

Media

Malawi: Environmental journos hail new government

Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi 3 May 2012

Shipping

Shipping's US$40 billion may fund climate fund

7 Dec 2011

Retail

Niger faces crop failure

30 Apr 2010

Kenya: Massive crop failure in "grain basket"

Retail

Kenya: Massive crop failure in "grain basket"

21 Aug 2009

Food Crisis

Kenya: Food shortages threaten adherence to antiretrovirals

26 Jan 2009