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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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On land expropriation without compensation: Be aware of the risks

Kerwin Lebone 19 Jan 2018

Eat green 2018: Sustainable consumption, plant-based foods the order of the day

Eat green 2018: Sustainable consumption, plant-based foods the order of the day

19 Jan 2018

Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system

Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system

Ian Scoones 16 Jan 2018

In defence of the fruit fly

15 Jan 2018

Study: Honeybees' attraction to fungicide 'unsettling' for food output

Emma Batha 15 Jan 2018

Five major trends in South Africa's agro-food system

Five major trends in South Africa's agro-food system

John Purchase 12 Jan 2018

Scientists: Warming oceans could scupper marine food system

Scientists: Warming oceans could scupper marine food system

Thin Lei Win 11 Jan 2018

Ready or not, technology rings the changes for African agricultural sector

Ready or not, technology rings the changes for African agricultural sector

Josua Taljaard 11 Jan 2018

AAC Executive Director Ben Leyka. Image Source:

Planting the seeds of growth

10 Jan 2018

Official: One million farmers grow bio-fortified crops in Nigeria

10 Jan 2018

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Settling the land compensation issue is vital for Zimbabwe's economy

Ian Scoones 9 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: Investing in efficiency of Africa's small-scale farmers a game changer

#BizTrends2018: Investing in efficiency of Africa's small-scale farmers a game changer

Ashley Boag 8 Jan 2018

Innovation key to improved commercial and smallholder farming in South Africa

5 Jan 2018

Kenyans face bleak year after poor maize, wheat harvests

Barnabas Bii and Stanley Kimuge 5 Jan 2018

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Can agriculture and the climate fix their 'unhappy marriage' in 2018?

Thin Lei Win 4 Jan 2018

Eyibeauty Oyelowo via

More people went hungry in Africa in 2017. But new initiatives also bore fruit

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Jan 2018

Blockchain Food Safety Alliance formed to enhance supply chain transparency

Blockchain Food Safety Alliance formed to enhance supply chain transparency

19 Dec 2017

AgriColleges international gets accredited

AgriColleges international gets accredited

15 Dec 2017

Sipho Pilime, Associate Programme Officer at E²

E² Elevator: Accelerating entrepreneurial success for small businesses

13 Dec 2017

Tigana chileshe via

SADC needs armyworm control funds

Elita Chikwati 13 Dec 2017

East Africa region urged to adopt GMOs to boost food security

East Africa region urged to adopt GMOs to boost food security

Johnson Kanamugire 11 Dec 2017

Top 12 major issues in agriculture

Top 12 major issues in agriculture

Ursula Human 11 Dec 2017

Nicholas.gosse via - Olive tree plantation in Tunisia. Olive oil is Tunisia’s largest agricultural export.

Africa's top 10 most food-secure countries

8 Dec 2017

Moving beyond the Green Revolution in Africa's new era of hunger

Moving beyond the Green Revolution in Africa's new era of hunger

Calestous Juma 7 Dec 2017

Smart data yields big harvests to feed the world

Smart data yields big harvests to feed the world

Simon Carpenter 7 Dec 2017

Professor Adipala Ekwamu, executive secretary of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture ()

#GlobalFoodSecurity: How Africa can feed itself and the world

Sindy Peters 7 Dec 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Is sustainable agricultural production, food security possible?

Cari Coetzee 6 Dec 2017

South Africa's twin malnutrition challenges: hunger and obesity

South Africa's twin malnutrition challenges: hunger and obesity

Xikombiso Mbhenyane and Irene Labuschagne 5 Dec 2017

Upgrading the cactus pear from a weed run wild to an essential crop

Upgrading the cactus pear from a weed run wild to an essential crop

4 Dec 2017

Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide - and that's not good

Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide - and that's not good

Karl Zimmerer 1 Dec 2017

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Eat green 2018: Sustainable consumption, plant-based foods the order of the day

Eat green 2018: Sustainable consumption, plant-based foods the order of the day

19 Jan 2018

Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system

Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system

Ian Scoones 16 Jan 2018

In defence of the fruit fly

15 Jan 2018

Study: Honeybees' attraction to fungicide 'unsettling' for food output

Emma Batha 15 Jan 2018

Five major trends in South Africa's agro-food system

Five major trends in South Africa's agro-food system

John Purchase 12 Jan 2018

Scientists: Warming oceans could scupper marine food system

Scientists: Warming oceans could scupper marine food system

Thin Lei Win 11 Jan 2018

Ready or not, technology rings the changes for African agricultural sector

Ready or not, technology rings the changes for African agricultural sector

Josua Taljaard 11 Jan 2018

AAC Executive Director Ben Leyka. Image Source:

Planting the seeds of growth

10 Jan 2018

Official: One million farmers grow bio-fortified crops in Nigeria

10 Jan 2018

SuSanA Secretariat via

Settling the land compensation issue is vital for Zimbabwe's economy

Ian Scoones 9 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: Investing in efficiency of Africa's small-scale farmers a game changer

#BizTrends2018: Investing in efficiency of Africa's small-scale farmers a game changer

Ashley Boag 8 Jan 2018

Innovation key to improved commercial and smallholder farming in South Africa

5 Jan 2018

Kenyans face bleak year after poor maize, wheat harvests

Barnabas Bii and Stanley Kimuge 5 Jan 2018

josealbafotos via

Can agriculture and the climate fix their 'unhappy marriage' in 2018?

Thin Lei Win 4 Jan 2018

Eyibeauty Oyelowo via

More people went hungry in Africa in 2017. But new initiatives also bore fruit

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Jan 2018

Blockchain Food Safety Alliance formed to enhance supply chain transparency

Blockchain Food Safety Alliance formed to enhance supply chain transparency

19 Dec 2017

AgriColleges international gets accredited

AgriColleges international gets accredited

15 Dec 2017

Sipho Pilime, Associate Programme Officer at E²

E² Elevator: Accelerating entrepreneurial success for small businesses

13 Dec 2017

Tigana chileshe via

SADC needs armyworm control funds

Elita Chikwati 13 Dec 2017

East Africa region urged to adopt GMOs to boost food security

East Africa region urged to adopt GMOs to boost food security

Johnson Kanamugire 11 Dec 2017

Top 12 major issues in agriculture

Top 12 major issues in agriculture

Ursula Human 11 Dec 2017

Nicholas.gosse via - Olive tree plantation in Tunisia. Olive oil is Tunisia’s largest agricultural export.

Africa's top 10 most food-secure countries

8 Dec 2017

Moving beyond the Green Revolution in Africa's new era of hunger

Moving beyond the Green Revolution in Africa's new era of hunger

Calestous Juma 7 Dec 2017

Smart data yields big harvests to feed the world

Smart data yields big harvests to feed the world

Simon Carpenter 7 Dec 2017

Professor Adipala Ekwamu, executive secretary of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture ()

#GlobalFoodSecurity: How Africa can feed itself and the world

Sindy Peters 7 Dec 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Is sustainable agricultural production, food security possible?

Cari Coetzee 6 Dec 2017

South Africa's twin malnutrition challenges: hunger and obesity

South Africa's twin malnutrition challenges: hunger and obesity

Xikombiso Mbhenyane and Irene Labuschagne 5 Dec 2017

Upgrading the cactus pear from a weed run wild to an essential crop

Upgrading the cactus pear from a weed run wild to an essential crop

4 Dec 2017

Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide - and that's not good

Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide - and that's not good

Karl Zimmerer 1 Dec 2017

Antoinetorrens via

New database to help countries manage their animal genetic resources

30 Nov 2017

#AgriIndaba: Modernised, scalable agri-education is key in training and feeding the masses

Cari Coetzee 30 Nov 2017

Medienservice via

Burning chillis drive elephants away from African farmers' crops

Thin Lei Win 30 Nov 2017

Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren via

Experts: Prickly pear cactus is 'miracle' crop for dry regions

Thin Lei Win 29 Nov 2017

The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive

The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive

28 Nov 2017

A close up look at the social networks of Lake Victoria's fisherfolk

Fiona Nunan 28 Nov 2017

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Cultivar and technology agency launched

Lise Roberts 27 Nov 2017

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Baher Kamal 23 Nov 2017

Ed Hawkesworth/DFID via

What needs to be done to give Africa's smallholder farmers access to machinery

Thomas Daum, Regina Birner 22 Nov 2017

Can a mobile app help East African farmers adapt to climate change?

Isaiah Esipisu 22 Nov 2017

New fish-smoking tech first introduced in Africa launched in Asia

New fish-smoking tech first introduced in Africa launched in Asia

22 Nov 2017