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Agriculture

Cameroon farmers turn to vigilantes and amulets to stop cocoa theft

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 2 Oct 2024

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Agriculture

CRI research ensures sustainable future for southern Africa’s citrus industry

28 Aug 2024

How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil

Agriculture

How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil

Rémi Cardinael, Armwell Shumba and Vira Leng 7 Dec 2023

New OECD-FAO report maps future trends in global food production, trade

Agriculture

New OECD-FAO report maps future trends in global food production, trade

6 Jul 2023

UP's Prof Michael Wingfield wins Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award

Agriculture

UP's Prof Michael Wingfield wins Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award

13 Jul 2022

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Agriculture

Using AI in agriculture could boost global food security - but we need to anticipate the risks

Asaf Tzachor 31 Mar 2022

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

Agriculture

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

Kamran Mahroof and Sankar Sivarajah 19 Aug 2021

7 agribusiness tech trends to watch in 2021

Agriculture

7 agribusiness tech trends to watch in 2021

Tania Holembovska 12 Aug 2021

Pests on the march as climate change fans spread of crop destroyers

Agriculture

Pests on the march as climate change fans spread of crop destroyers

Nita Bhalla 3 Jun 2021

Genetic make-up of destructive crop pest unravelled

Agriculture

Genetic make-up of destructive crop pest unravelled

Stephanie Achieng' 26 Mar 2021

New animated film marks International Year of Plant Health 2020

Agriculture

New animated film marks International Year of Plant Health 2020

22 May 2020

350 African researchers to benefit from training in how to tackle crop disease

Agriculture

350 African researchers to benefit from training in how to tackle crop disease

5 Apr 2019

UFS graduate's crop research to diversify SA food security

Agriculture

UFS graduate's crop research to diversify SA food security

7 Dec 2018

Research identifies plant disease impact on Africa's food crop

Agriculture

Research identifies plant disease impact on Africa's food crop

3 Aug 2018

NaCRRI labs during Connected Conference (Image Supplied)

Agriculture

More scientists, researchers needed for interdisciplinary plant disease research network

18 May 2018

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Agriculture

Dangerous hitchhikers: New measures to help stop the spread of plant pests across borders

24 Apr 2018

Tenisnaps via . Cassava farmer arranges his tubers in line while he waits for buyers.

Agriculture

Protecting cassava from disease? There's an app for that

Amanda Ramcharan 30 Jan 2018

Stephen Ausmus via - Bemisia tabaci, Africa’s main cassava insect pest

Agriculture

Africa's most notorious insects: The bugs that hit agriculture the hardest

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 5 Sep 2017

Agriculture

UP joins global fight against diseases threatening tropical and subtropical crops

23 Jun 2017

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Agriculture

Reducing food waste by implementing best practices across food chains

2 Jun 2017

SuSanA Secretariat via - Typical house in an urban area of a small town in Burundi

Agriculture

FAO is helping build resilience to climate change for farmers

Innocent Habonimana 28 Feb 2017

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Agriculture

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Raymond Auerbach 1 Nov 2016

Probiotics for plants

Agriculture

Probiotics for plants

13 May 2016

Nairobi start-up garage

Marketing & Media

Kenya, Uganda teams chosen for start-up AI investment

20 Apr 2016

African Centre for Biosafety expresses concern about glyphosate

Agriculture

African Centre for Biosafety expresses concern about glyphosate

12 Oct 2012

UN warns cassava virus nearing an epidemic in Africa

Healthcare

UN warns cassava virus nearing an epidemic in Africa

18 Nov 2011

Marketing & Media

Food security and agriculture: SADC ministers meet

Issa Sikiti da Silva 22 May 2009

Healthcare

New microscope peers into secret lives of cells

26 Nov 2007

Healthcare

Non-invasive imaging equipment at Maties a first in Africa

Issued by Engela Duvenage 30 Oct 2007