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Make restituted land productive: Addressing challenges and unlocking reform potential

Agriculture

Make restituted land productive: Addressing challenges and unlocking reform potential

Peter Setou 18 Feb 2025

#SAelections24: A crucial turning point for rural development and land reform

Agriculture

#SAelections24: A crucial turning point for rural development and land reform

Peter Setou 23 May 2024

Old Mutual, Cape Chamber join forces to enhance agricultural industry

Agribusiness

Old Mutual, Cape Chamber join forces to enhance agricultural industry

12 Apr 2024

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Healthcare

To tackle poverty, Africa needs welfarist policies and people-centred development - Adesina

4 Apr 2024

Food Security

Are small farms the solution to food insecurity? Uganda study shows policies can get it wrong

Juan Pablo Rud, Diego Restuccia and Fernando Aragon Sanchez 2 Dec 2021

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Agri Tech

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Philip Tetteh Quarshie and Evan Fraser 27 Sep 2021

Food pricing report shows increased concentration, challenges for small-scale farmers

Agriculture

Food pricing report shows increased concentration, challenges for small-scale farmers

17 Sep 2021

Food Lover’s Market CEO Brian Coppin with TVMA founder Mmabatho Portia Morudi

ESG

The Village Market Africa triumphs in Food Lover's Seeds of Change initiative

28 Apr 2021

FAO, AFD project to boost sustainable wildlife management, food security in southern Africa

Agriculture

FAO, AFD project to boost sustainable wildlife management, food security in southern Africa

9 Feb 2021

Sowing the seeds of industrial farming in Mozambique

Agro-processing

Sowing the seeds of industrial farming in Mozambique

Grace Goodrich 3 Feb 2021

Renewables, energy storage and the future of smart cities

Smart Buildings & Cities

Renewables, energy storage and the future of smart cities

Seydou Kane 27 Jan 2021

SA's first organic pollinator programme launched

Agro-processing

SA's first organic pollinator programme launched

25 Jan 2021

Classic car restorations offer keys to tackle rural poverty

Manufacturing & Parts

Classic car restorations offer keys to tackle rural poverty

8 Sep 2020

#UnsungHeroes: Migail and Morgan de Klerk of Rural Reach

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

#UnsungHeroes: Migail and Morgan de Klerk of Rural Reach

Ilse van den Berg 1 Apr 2020

Insights from Senegal: Involving farmers in research is key to boosting agriculture

Research & Development

Insights from Senegal: Involving farmers in research is key to boosting agriculture

10 Feb 2020

Nigeria has given a new GM cowpea variety the go ahead. Why it matters

Agro-processing

Nigeria has given a new GM cowpea variety the go ahead. Why it matters

28 Jan 2020

Global and historical lessons on how land reforms have unfolded

Agribusiness

Global and historical lessons on how land reforms have unfolded

Ben Cousins 9 Dec 2019

Agroecology as innovation

Agriculture

Agroecology as innovation

Timothy A. Wise 11 Jul 2019

The geopolitics of palm oil and deforestation

Research & Development

The geopolitics of palm oil and deforestation

Jean-Marc Roda 2 Jul 2019

Responsible Tourism

Tourism revenue will preserve nature's magic and majesty

Joe Cloete 12 Jun 2019

FAO, ADEPT partner to promote potential of African diaspora in agribusiness

Agribusiness

FAO, ADEPT partner to promote potential of African diaspora in agribusiness

4 Apr 2019

New FAO publication highlights why sustainable agriculture policies are key

Agriculture

New FAO publication highlights why sustainable agriculture policies are key

6 Feb 2019

Agribusiness

Agribusiness: Driving firm performance in Africa agriculture

Patience Panashe 29 Jan 2019

SA's top retailers on improving access to fresh and healthy food

FMCG

SA's top retailers on improving access to fresh and healthy food

21 Nov 2018

AfDB releases economic report in three African languages

Research

AfDB releases economic report in three African languages

18 Oct 2018

Health & Welfare

What's driving persistent poverty in rural Kenya

Timothy Njagi Njeru 10 Aug 2018

Agricultural policies need to address child labour concerns

Agriculture

Agricultural policies need to address child labour concerns

13 Jun 2018

Community-based wildlife conservation is bringing success to Tanzania

Responsible Tourism

Community-based wildlife conservation is bringing success to Tanzania

Derek E. Lee 2 Mar 2018

Agricultural education and training: The landscape, challenges and opportunities

Agriculture

Agricultural education and training: The landscape, challenges and opportunities

Prof Charlie Reinhardt 2 Feb 2018

African solutions urgently sought for agricultural revolution

Agriculture

African solutions urgently sought for agricultural revolution

Hans Wetzels 3 Jan 2018

Agriculture

Tobacco hurts more than just your lungs - it damages the communities that grow it

Eleanor Jew 23 Nov 2017

Health & Welfare

How land reform and rural development can help reduce poverty in South Africa

Leslie J. Bank and Tim GB Hart 29 Sep 2017

A shift in thinking is needed to counter South Africa's startling rise in poverty

Health & Welfare

A shift in thinking is needed to counter South Africa's startling rise in poverty

Ivan Turok 8 Sep 2017

Antoshananarivo via

Agriculture

Taking agriculture to the next level

Tanimola Oyewole 7 Jun 2017

sarangib via - Cassava

Agriculture

AfDB takes agricultural transformation discourse to India, cradle of Green Revolution

2 Mar 2017

How farmers in Africa are finding ways to sustainably use wetlands

Environment & Natural Resources

How farmers in Africa are finding ways to sustainably use wetlands

Adrian Wood 2 Feb 2017

ESG

Mauritania aims to boost food production

16 Jan 2017

Game lodges take aim at poverty

ESG & Sustainability

Game lodges take aim at poverty

Charlotte Mathews 10 Jan 2017

Hansueli Krapf via - Seychelles

Sustainable Farming

Africa-funded project to help small-island nations adapt to climate change

21 Nov 2016

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Agriculture

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Charlotte Hebebrand 10 Nov 2016

Marketing & Media

Good entrepreneurial base key to Africa's "bright future"

26 Oct 2016

Trade can help poor countries cope with water shortages and food security

Food, Water & Energy Security

Trade can help poor countries cope with water shortages and food security

Mike Muller 20 Oct 2016

Eddie Oosthuizen via - Limpopo

Agriculture

Agroecology programme equips smallholder farmers for sustainable food production

13 Oct 2016

ValeriaRodrigues via

Fishing

Healthy oceans important drivers of African prosperity, food security

2 Sep 2016

Agriculture

SADC subsidies fail to ease rural poverty and soil deterioration, study finds

12 Jul 2016

USAID Africa Bureau

Agriculture

$24 billion investment boost for African agriculture

1 Jul 2016

Environment & Natural Resources

#YouthMonth: Africa's uniqueness lies within her natural resources - Eliot Chisango

Sindy Peters 22 Jun 2016

The harvest of neglect

Agro-processing

The harvest of neglect

12 Jan 2016

ICT can take farming into the future

Sustainable Farming

ICT can take farming into the future

Ian Theunissen 30 Nov 2015