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Africa’s battle against food waste: How interventions can save 30% of produce

Africa’s battle against food waste: How interventions can save 30% of produce

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Sapa calls for VAT-free chicken to boost food security

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Eastern Cape R80m programme to tackle poverty, malnutrition

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Minister meets with Western Cape fishing communities

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Major investments, partnerships a boost for African agriculture and economy

Major investments, partnerships a boost for African agriculture and economy

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Radiation tech bears fruit as Zanzibar declared tsetse free

Radiation tech bears fruit as Zanzibar declared tsetse free

Marc Nkwame 14 Sep 2017

Climate smart crops: A necessity for future food and nutrition security

Bev Postma 12 Sep 2017

Young Farmer of the Year 2017 (Image Supplied)

Kwanalu reflects on 20 years of trailblazing transformation in agriculture

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$280m partnership to help drive inclusive agriculture transformation in Africa

$280m partnership to help drive inclusive agriculture transformation in Africa

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Hot weather sweetens harvest for mango farmers

Caroline Wambui 11 Sep 2017

Climate-smart agriculture urgently needed in Africa

Climate-smart agriculture urgently needed in Africa

Baher Kamal 8 Sep 2017

Grow vegetables in a maize-meal bag

Grow vegetables in a maize-meal bag

Dr Martin Maboko, Agricultural Research Council (A 8 Sep 2017

Protecting Africa's drylands key to the continent's future

Protecting Africa's drylands key to the continent's future

Sam Otieno 7 Sep 2017

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African agribusiness and smallholders must seize opportunities in potential $1 trillion food market

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#InnovationMonth: Revolutionising agriculture through urban farming

#InnovationMonth: Revolutionising agriculture through urban farming

Howard Blight 7 Sep 2017

Students plant seedlings in their new aquaponics garden at Laerskool Kempton Park, which was installed by INMED South Africa and Air Products South Africa in Johannesburg.

School-based aquaponics provide healthy future for students

7 Sep 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

African smallholders can double their yields with half the water

Jerome Bossuet 6 Sep 2017

Water flows from the new solar pump installed by the Youth Economic and Social Action group in Chikwawa, Malawi (Image Supplied)

Tuning in to farmers' water needs: Radio broadcasts aid Malawi irrigation efforts

Timothy A. Wise 6 Sep 2017

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

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

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 5 Sep 2017

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Closing the gap between the youth and agriculture in Africa

Thapelo Moleleki 5 Sep 2017

SACAU joining AGRF to discuss ways of moving African agriculture forward

SACAU joining AGRF to discuss ways of moving African agriculture forward

5 Sep 2017

AfDB wants greater focus on implementation, as African Green Revolution Forum begins in Abidjan

AfDB wants greater focus on implementation, as African Green Revolution Forum begins in Abidjan

4 Sep 2017

Fall armyworm spreads to Cameroon

Fall armyworm spreads to Cameroon

31 Aug 2017

10 reasons farming is sexy

10 reasons farming is sexy

Melissa Britz 30 Aug 2017

FredD via - Fishermen on their traditional boats near Shimoni (Kenya)

What Kenya's government can do to protect, and benefit from, ocean resources

David Obura 28 Aug 2017

Farm to fork: Why farmers need to stay on top of consumer trends

Farm to fork: Why farmers need to stay on top of consumer trends

Cari Coetzee 28 Aug 2017

Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll

Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll

Katelyn Faulkner, Brett Hurley & Mark Robertson 24 Aug 2017

Pig farmers urged to improve genetics, infrastructure

24 Aug 2017

Kitchen gardens cultivate bond between refugees, Kenyan hosts

Benson Rioba 22 Aug 2017

Conference calls for greater land ownership rights for women in Africa

Conference calls for greater land ownership rights for women in Africa

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Fisheries in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific: Immense opportunities, critical challenges

Viwanou Gnassounou 19 Sep 2017

How safe is the food on your plate?

19 Sep 2017

Eric Isselee via

Measuring Africa's agricultural takeoff is set to make billionaires from ‘poor men's fields'

Boaz Blackie Keizire 18 Sep 2017

Minister meets with Western Cape fishing communities

18 Sep 2017

Major investments, partnerships a boost for African agriculture and economy

Major investments, partnerships a boost for African agriculture and economy

15 Sep 2017

Radiation tech bears fruit as Zanzibar declared tsetse free

Radiation tech bears fruit as Zanzibar declared tsetse free

Marc Nkwame 14 Sep 2017

Climate smart crops: A necessity for future food and nutrition security

Bev Postma 12 Sep 2017

Young Farmer of the Year 2017 (Image Supplied)

Kwanalu reflects on 20 years of trailblazing transformation in agriculture

11 Sep 2017

$280m partnership to help drive inclusive agriculture transformation in Africa

$280m partnership to help drive inclusive agriculture transformation in Africa

11 Sep 2017

Meditations via

Hot weather sweetens harvest for mango farmers

Caroline Wambui 11 Sep 2017

Climate-smart agriculture urgently needed in Africa

Climate-smart agriculture urgently needed in Africa

Baher Kamal 8 Sep 2017

Grow vegetables in a maize-meal bag

Grow vegetables in a maize-meal bag

Dr Martin Maboko, Agricultural Research Council (A 8 Sep 2017

Protecting Africa's drylands key to the continent's future

Protecting Africa's drylands key to the continent's future

Sam Otieno 7 Sep 2017

Ed Hawkesworth/DFID via

African agribusiness and smallholders must seize opportunities in potential $1 trillion food market

7 Sep 2017

#InnovationMonth: Revolutionising agriculture through urban farming

#InnovationMonth: Revolutionising agriculture through urban farming

Howard Blight 7 Sep 2017

Students plant seedlings in their new aquaponics garden at Laerskool Kempton Park, which was installed by INMED South Africa and Air Products South Africa in Johannesburg.

School-based aquaponics provide healthy future for students

7 Sep 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

African smallholders can double their yields with half the water

Jerome Bossuet 6 Sep 2017

Water flows from the new solar pump installed by the Youth Economic and Social Action group in Chikwawa, Malawi (Image Supplied)

Tuning in to farmers' water needs: Radio broadcasts aid Malawi irrigation efforts

Timothy A. Wise 6 Sep 2017

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

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

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 5 Sep 2017

Neil Palmer (CIAT) via

Closing the gap between the youth and agriculture in Africa

Thapelo Moleleki 5 Sep 2017

SACAU joining AGRF to discuss ways of moving African agriculture forward

SACAU joining AGRF to discuss ways of moving African agriculture forward

5 Sep 2017

AfDB wants greater focus on implementation, as African Green Revolution Forum begins in Abidjan

AfDB wants greater focus on implementation, as African Green Revolution Forum begins in Abidjan

4 Sep 2017

Fall armyworm spreads to Cameroon

Fall armyworm spreads to Cameroon

31 Aug 2017

10 reasons farming is sexy

10 reasons farming is sexy

Melissa Britz 30 Aug 2017

FredD via - Fishermen on their traditional boats near Shimoni (Kenya)

What Kenya's government can do to protect, and benefit from, ocean resources

David Obura 28 Aug 2017

Farm to fork: Why farmers need to stay on top of consumer trends

Farm to fork: Why farmers need to stay on top of consumer trends

Cari Coetzee 28 Aug 2017

Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll

Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll

Katelyn Faulkner, Brett Hurley & Mark Robertson 24 Aug 2017

Pig farmers urged to improve genetics, infrastructure

24 Aug 2017

Kitchen gardens cultivate bond between refugees, Kenyan hosts

Benson Rioba 22 Aug 2017

Conference calls for greater land ownership rights for women in Africa

Conference calls for greater land ownership rights for women in Africa

18 Aug 2017

Niger to boost poultry farming with mobile kits

Ahmed Tahir Ajobe 18 Aug 2017

Sgt. Michelle Halpin via

How some African farmers are responding to climate change and what we can learn from them

15 Aug 2017

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Kenya's herders swap livestock for chillies as drought bites

Isaiah Esipisu 10 Aug 2017

What camera traps tell us about elephants eating crops

Josephine B. Smit 10 Aug 2017

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Zim, SA lose one million chickens to bird flu

Elita Chikwati 8 Aug 2017

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Why controlling rats on small-scale African farms is vital for food security

Lourens Swanepoel 4 Aug 2017

With more than one crop, farmers weather armyworm attacks

With more than one crop, farmers weather armyworm attacks

Kagondu Njagi 2 Aug 2017

Seed company rolls out maize variety for arid and semi-arid areas

Irene Mugo 1 Aug 2017

Collaboration sees launch of end-to-end farm mechanisation solution in Nigeria

Collaboration sees launch of end-to-end farm mechanisation solution in Nigeria

25 Jul 2017

Organic farming gains popularity

Constantine Akitanda 24 Jul 2017