Around 235,000 vulnerable households are expected to benefit from a US$101mn project that aims to improve the living conditions and climate resilience of rural populations in five provinces of Burundi
In an effort to achieve sustainable recovery and build resilience from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mastercard Foundation announced a programme that will support more than three million people in sub-Saharan...
Although the fall armyworm attacks mostly maize plants, it may occasionally attack cotton, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, potatoes and groundnuts
A new report says that Africa will play a key role in the future of food security
Dr Chris Owens, IFG's lead plant breeder, speaks with Tulana Nayak from African Farming, about the challenges of fruit breeding and what the future holds.
Africa is producing a growing number of young entrepreneurs who are adopting new ideas to bring more affordable, quality food from farm to fork
Moba, one of the leading producers of high-quality integrated systems for the grading, packaging and processing of consumption eggs, has launched its new egg grading machine, the Forta GT100, at...
Nigeria-based First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has announced it will invest US$240mn in the agriculture sector of the West African country
South Africa’s stone fruit industry is back running at full speed, with exporters saying they are in a stronger position following last year’s port strikes
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has provided more than US$35mn to two fertiliser companies in Zimbabwe for working capital and recapitalisation
Calcium plays a significant role in phosphorus (P) utilisation, which is important for broiler production performance. Therefore, optimising available calcium levels, relative to phosphorus, can contribute to better diet results....
To promote meaningful financial inclusion, the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) understood that it needed to directly address the rural population, particularly farmers and other players in the agricultural value...
Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, is set to launch 25,000 ha of rice outgrower scheme in Sokoto with a prospect of hundreds of thousands of employment opportunities for...
Nutreco has committed to adopt Science Based Targets to help the world produce nutritious and high-quality food in a sustainable way
The Hypor Libra sow balances traits in piglet quality, mothering ability and sow longevity aims to increase the number of pigs that employees can manage and reduces feed costs from...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in South Africa has provided an update on the Western Cape water situation, noting that the water restrictions imposed by the National Government...
As with many other farmers, Bob Wietharn had a real problem. He irrigated from a river so shallow that he could usually wade across it, but the nozzles of his...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, on 8 May, signed the Participatory Agriculture and Climate Transformation Programme (PACT) grant agreement for US$106.54mn, supporting...
Zimbabwe has been predicted to experience another good cotton harvest in 2013 as figures from the Cotton Ginners’ Association (CGA) have revealed that more than 8,000 tonnes of seed have...
Alongside Noble, 29 other key stakeholders were present at the signing agreement in a ceremony that took place in November last year. (Image source: 10b travelling)
