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South Africa's smallholder vegetable farmers aren't getting the finance they need: This is what it should look like

Agriculture

South Africa's smallholder vegetable farmers aren't getting the finance they need: This is what it should look like

Karissa Moothoo Padayachie 20 Sep 2023

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Agriculture

South Africa's small-scale farmers still can't find a place in the food value chain

Adrino Mazenda 14 Oct 2022

Storing cattle feed can improve milk and meat yields: why African farmers aren't doing it

Agriculture

Storing cattle feed can improve milk and meat yields: why African farmers aren't doing it

Mulubrhan Gebremikael 26 Aug 2022

AfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

Agriculture

AfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

Wendell Roelf 23 May 2022

Kenya's dairy sector is failing to meet domestic demand. How it can raise its game

Agriculture

Kenya's dairy sector is failing to meet domestic demand. How it can raise its game

Timothy Njagi Njeru 16 Feb 2022

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Retail

QCH signs agreement to manufacture, sell HempTrain in SA

10 Aug 2021

Tanzanian small-scale farmers receive support to improve food security

Agriculture

Tanzanian small-scale farmers receive support to improve food security

12 Jul 2021

Limited funding, access to land constraining young farmers

Agriculture

Limited funding, access to land constraining young farmers

15 Jun 2021

Poor rural infrastructure holds back food production by small Nigerian farmers

Agriculture

Poor rural infrastructure holds back food production by small Nigerian farmers

Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso, Saidat Adebola Daud 25 Feb 2021

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Agriculture

Shoots of realism emerging for land reform

Theo Boshoff 4 Dec 2020

Small efforts can protect farmers from pesticides. Insights from Zambia

Agriculture

Small efforts can protect farmers from pesticides. Insights from Zambia

26 Oct 2020

South Africa's land reform policies need to embrace social, economic and ecological sustainability

Property

South Africa's land reform policies need to embrace social, economic and ecological sustainability

23 Sep 2020

Why more Ugandan farmers aren't adopting drought tolerant maize

Agriculture

Why more Ugandan farmers aren't adopting drought tolerant maize

HyeJin Lee 3 Sep 2020

Professor Cyril Nhlanhla Mbatha, director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes University

Agriculture

Digital small-scale models could help SA's pandemic-stricken farmers

Professor Cyril Nhlanhla Mbatha 17 Aug 2020

Vegetable farmers in urban Ghana don't worry much about food safety - but they should

Agriculture

Vegetable farmers in urban Ghana don't worry much about food safety - but they should

Kabila Abass 12 Aug 2020

SA agriculture beyond Covid-19: Grobank responds to food chain concerns

Agriculture

SA agriculture beyond Covid-19: Grobank responds to food chain concerns

23 Apr 2020

Europe-banned insecticide 'threatens Africa's food security'

Agriculture

Europe-banned insecticide 'threatens Africa's food security'

Munyaradzi Makoni 25 Nov 2019

Farming in South Africa is under threat from climate change. Here's how

Agriculture

Farming in South Africa is under threat from climate change. Here's how

13 Nov 2019

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Agriculture

Support programmes to assist land reform beneficiaries

12 Sep 2019

Agriculture

Driving transformation: The role of women in SA agriculture should be prioritised

12 Aug 2019

Climate and mortality rates in Kenya, Mali, and Malawi: what we found

ESG & Sustainability

Climate and mortality rates in Kenya, Mali, and Malawi: what we found

Baishali Bakshi 24 Jul 2019

Understanding the political economy of maize in Kenya

Agriculture

Understanding the political economy of maize in Kenya

Timothy Njagi Njeru 22 Jul 2019

How digital technologies can help Africa's smallholder farmers

Agriculture

How digital technologies can help Africa's smallholder farmers

15 Jul 2019

Building efficient and sustainable operations for SA agriculture

Agriculture

Building efficient and sustainable operations for SA agriculture

Robin Fredericks 30 Apr 2019

Ethiopia needs to improve production of its "golden crop" Teff. Here's how

Agriculture

Ethiopia needs to improve production of its "golden crop" Teff. Here's how

11 Mar 2019

African seed companies shine in serving smallholder farmers

Agriculture

African seed companies shine in serving smallholder farmers

7 Mar 2019

Stellenbosch University's agriculture initiative to aid Malawi farming community

Agriculture

Stellenbosch University's agriculture initiative to aid Malawi farming community

1 Mar 2019

Agriculture

New Year's messages from agri leaders

14 Jan 2019

Transforming the African agribusiness sector: Tech, transparency hold key to inclusive growth

Agriculture

Transforming the African agribusiness sector: Tech, transparency hold key to inclusive growth

Frédéric Massé 4 Dec 2018

'Systems thinking' can be used to solve complex food contamination problems

Agriculture

'Systems thinking' can be used to solve complex food contamination problems

20 Nov 2018

World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause

Agriculture

World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause

Jessica Eise and Kenneth Foster 23 Oct 2018

Afrisoils programme launches in Africa to tackle soil productivity and degradation

Agriculture

Afrisoils programme launches in Africa to tackle soil productivity and degradation

14 Jun 2018

From left to right: Nuradin Osman (AGCO Vice President and General Manager Africa), HE Emmanuel Mwamba (High Commissioner in South Africa - Republic of Zambia), Martin Richenhagen (AGCO, Chairman, President, CEO) and Gary Collar (AGCO Snr Vice President and General Manager, Asia-Pacific and Africa)

Agriculture

Serving Africa from Africa: AGCO opens Africa headquarters in Johannesburg

22 May 2018

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Agriculture

Why merely owning land isn't enough to empower Africa's women farmers

Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt 16 May 2018

Agroecology's potential to transform food systems for the better

Agriculture

Agroecology's potential to transform food systems for the better

4 Apr 2018

Agriculture

Scaling up game-changing agricultural innovations and technologies in Africa

Esther Ngumbi 29 Mar 2018

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Agriculture

Towards a food-secure Africa

Raphael Obonyo 12 Feb 2018

Tapiwa Zvakavapano via - Villagers working on the land in Bedza Village, Buhera, Zimbabwe

Agriculture

Ten priorities for getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe

Ian Scoones 24 Jan 2018

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Agriculture

New online Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook to help steer food systems in sustainable direction

13 Nov 2017

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

Agriculture

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

Timothy A. Wise 6 Sep 2017

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Agriculture

Kenya's herders swap livestock for chillies as drought bites

Isaiah Esipisu 10 Aug 2017

Agriculture

Legacy of trailblazing

Kristy Jooste 29 Jun 2017

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Agriculture

Taking agriculture to the next level

Tanimola Oyewole 7 Jun 2017

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Agriculture

Clues and solutions to Kenya's puzzling food price crisis

Timothy Njagi Njeru 2 Jun 2017

Murimi-Umlimi app boost for farmers

Agriculture

Murimi-Umlimi app boost for farmers

26 May 2017

Agriculture

Young Africans create new roads for agriculture

Pius Sawa, Reuters 28 Apr 2017

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Agriculture

Insurance vital, but no magic bullet to fight drought in Africa

Alex Whiting 10 Mar 2017

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Marketing & Media

Dangote launches 25,000 hectare rice scheme in Sokoto

15 Feb 2017

Can Agri-parks be the ‘silver bullet' for small farmer and rural development in South Africa?

Agriculture

Can Agri-parks be the ‘silver bullet' for small farmer and rural development in South Africa?

Annelize Crosby, Dr. Jack Armour and Theo Boshoff 10 Feb 2017

Why the US has a lot to gain from investing in Africa's agri-food systems

Agriculture

Why the US has a lot to gain from investing in Africa's agri-food systems

Thomas Jayne 7 Feb 2017