https://www.bizcommunity.com/Agriculture Rest of Africa Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry news 15 Agriculture news - Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/Agriculture en-us Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:04:35 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/643/200686.html I study insects for a living, and bumblebees are by far my favourite. They're the most charismatic and friendly critters you're likely to see out and about. Sadly, your chances of seeing a bumblebee in Europe and North America have dropped by a third since 1970, according to new research. 1-200686 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/643/200303.html Seventy-three scientists from around the world, led by Prof Jeff Harvey from the Netherlands Institute for Ecology, has come up with a roadmap for global insect conservation and recovery. The roadmap, which calls for action in the short-, medium- and long-term, was published recently in Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1-200303 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:25:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/358/200310.html The fourth Agri-Food Tech & Innovation Summit (AFTI EA 2020), hosted by the Africa Agri Council (AAC) is set to explore the upsurge in new thinking and the game-changing developments in agricultural practices and technology, and what is needed to scale these innovations to reach smallholder farmers and agribusinesses. "We have the technology and the innovations to make a difference, yet these innovations aren't reaching the smallholder farmers who need them most - they lack access to the right information at the right time," says Ben Leyka, AAC MD. 1-200310 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:20:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/520/200136.html A five-year, $50m Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded programme rolled out by FAO and its partners have made progress in protecting international waters' biodiversity possible; of which eighteen new areas protecting vulnerable marine ecosystems, including sea turtles and tuna, has been established, making these waters less harmful. "Keeping international waters healthy and preserving their rich biodiversity has long been a challenge for marine areas that do not fall under the responsibility of any one country," says Maria Helena Semedo, FAO's deputy director-general, climate and natural resources. 1-200136 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 09:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/70/472/198698.html Healthy soils are vital to human survival. They play a pivotal role in feeding global populations - after all, food is grown in soil. Healthy soils grow more crops and allow for nutrients to be better absorbed by the crops. That's why it's important to understand exactly when there might be a problem with the soil of a particular area, and what's causing it. Without a precise diagnosis, soil can't be successfully treated. 1-198698 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:40:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/643/198416.html The Government of Italy, with support from the FAO, recently held an event highlighting Mediterranean and other traditional healthy diets as fundamental to a food system that respects the environment, culture and well-being of people, and sustainable development. 1-198416 Thu, 28 Nov 2019 07:52:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/650/198265.html Scientists are calling on African policymakers to act urgently to control the use of pesticides called neonicotinoids, which threaten the wider ecosystem and food security, and have been banned by the European Union. 1-198265 Mon, 25 Nov 2019 08:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/474/197789.html Efficient monitoring of and reporting on forests and land-use change is essential for tracking progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as countries adopt climate change-mitigation and adaptation measures. As such, FAO has launched a $7.1m project supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to make forest data more accessible, transparent and available, and, in particular, help developing countries to meet the Paris Climate Agreement's enhanced transparency requirements. 1-197789 Thu, 14 Nov 2019 09:20:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/643/197700.html Oil spills can be deadly, killing microscopic organisms, thus damaging entire food chains and causing severe environmental damage. To combat oil spills, Oil Spill Eater II (OSE II) was developed in 1989 in the USA and has been used to clean up more than 44 000 spills since. Approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency (and featured on the National Contingency Plan List) and the UK Marine Management Organisation, OSE II is now available in South Africa through Lubrication Engineers (LE) SA. 1-197700 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 10:35:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/707/197284.html FarmSmart, in partnership with London-based technical consultancy Amido, has launched an innovative mobile application enabling farmers to track their finances and support them to sell their produce on the open market. Its aim is to build the farming capacity of people across Africa and to share sustainable and climate-smart farming knowledge. 1-197284 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:50:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Rest of Africa