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Retail
Woolworths reaches sustainable cotton milestone

7 Oct 2021

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

Philip Tetteh Quarshie and Evan Fraser 27 Sep 2021

Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution
Agriculture
Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution

17 Jun 2021

Sopia shines the spotlight on the potato industry's resilience
Agriculture
Sopia shines the spotlight on the potato industry's resilience

Ursula Human 19 May 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

Biodiversity in the balance - degradation threatens economic prosperity
ESG & Sustainability
Biodiversity in the balance - degradation threatens economic prosperity

Ashim Paun 14 Jul 2020

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

28 Jan 2020

Ghana wants to grow more cashews. But what about unintended consequences?
Agriculture
Ghana wants to grow more cashews. But what about unintended consequences?

James Boafo and Kristen Lyons 16 Aug 2019

Sweet potato 'ideal dual-purpose crop' for smallholders
Agriculture
Sweet potato 'ideal dual-purpose crop' for smallholders

Munyaradzi Makoni 14 Jun 2019

Carbon farming: How agriculture can both feed people and fight climate change
Agriculture
Carbon farming: How agriculture can both feed people and fight climate change

27 Feb 2019

Vanadium. Image by W. Oelen, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Agriculture
Researchers look to phyto-remediation to reduce impact of vanadium in crop soil

31 Oct 2018

Global actions needed to combat fall armyworm
Agriculture
Global actions needed to combat fall armyworm

Gilbert Nakweya 2 Oct 2018

Research identifies plant disease impact on Africa's food crop
Agriculture
Research identifies plant disease impact on Africa's food crop

3 Aug 2018

Diversify sweet potato to entice youth to agriculture
Agriculture
Diversify sweet potato to entice youth to agriculture

27 Jun 2018

BATSA, ECDC MoU heralds the revival of tobacco farming in the Eastern Cape
Agriculture
BATSA, ECDC MoU heralds the revival of tobacco farming in the Eastern Cape

15 May 2018

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Agriculture
EAC trailing in exportation of bananas

Zephania Ubwani 2 May 2018

Andreas Krappweis via
Agriculture
El Niño affected two-thirds of the world's harvests

10 Apr 2018

CIAT via
Agriculture
New banana variety to enhance productivity

Emmanuel Ntirenganya 16 Feb 2018

auntmasako via
Agriculture
The traditional vegetable and sweet potato research that's revolutionising the way we build food and nutrition security in Africa

Millie Phiri, Sonia Naidoo, Nadia Ibraimo 17 Oct 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

BNI trait could improve nitrogen-efficiency of crops
Agriculture
BNI trait could improve nitrogen-efficiency of crops

22 May 2017

AnnaJB via - Intercropping maize and beans
Agriculture
Factbox: From new beans to ancient plants, drought-busting crops take root

Anastasia Moloney 13 Mar 2017

Armyworms are wreaking havoc in Southern Africa. Why it's a big deal
Agriculture
Armyworms are wreaking havoc in Southern Africa. Why it's a big deal

Kenneth Wilson 14 Feb 2017

sarangib via
Agriculture
Post-harvest losses still major challenge in East Africa

28 Dec 2016

Emw via
Agriculture
Smoking and sustainability: tobacco farming in Southern Africa

Professor Andreas Freytag 18 Nov 2016

Kate Holt/AusAID via
Agriculture
Changing climate threatens world's smallholder farmers

Lyndal Rowlands 24 Oct 2016

Why farmers respond differently to higher food prices?
Agriculture
Why farmers respond differently to higher food prices?

Jomo Kwame Sundaram 21 Oct 2016

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Agriculture
Sweet potato gains more importance

Michael J. Ssali 12 Oct 2016

Drought in southern Africa today: a preview of what climate change could bring and how African farmers can adapt
Agriculture
Drought in southern Africa today: a preview of what climate change could bring and how African farmers can adapt

25 Aug 2016

Exciting future for continent that accesses the power of Internet of Things
Marketing & Media
Exciting future for continent that accesses the power of Internet of Things

Brett Parker 16 Aug 2016

Is food security and tobacco growing incompatible in Africa?
Agriculture
Is food security and tobacco growing incompatible in Africa?

Reuben Maigwa 18 May 2016

Concerned stakeholders form task team against drought
Agriculture
Concerned stakeholders form task team against drought

11 Nov 2015

Honey bee forage plants: what you can do to help our honey bees
Agriculture
Honey bee forage plants: what you can do to help our honey bees

Mbulelo Mswazi, Carol Poole 7 Sep 2015

We can't ignore the air pollution crisis in Africa's fast-growing megacities
ESG & Sustainability
We can't ignore the air pollution crisis in Africa's fast-growing megacities

Mathew Evans 24 Aug 2015

[Climate changing the face of agriculture]: Part 2 - Farmers fight against climate change
Agriculture
[Climate changing the face of agriculture]: Part 2 - Farmers fight against climate change

Rudi Massyn 3 Jul 2014

Resistance to GM crops may be waning
Agriculture
Resistance to GM crops may be waning

12 Aug 2013

'It's Africa's Time' focuses on Ghana, South Africa
Marketing & Media
'It's Africa's Time' focuses on Ghana, South Africa

14 Mar 2013

African farmers now select seeds for their needs
Agriculture
African farmers now select seeds for their needs

29 Oct 2012

Manufacturing
Soya oil to replace petroleum oil in tyres

Gerhard Scholtemeijer 8 Oct 2012

South African plant scientist reaps top award
Science
South African plant scientist reaps top award

Wilma den Hartigh 9 Feb 2012

UN warns cassava virus nearing an epidemic in Africa
Healthcare
UN warns cassava virus nearing an epidemic in Africa

18 Nov 2011

Retail
Springing genetically modified crops

Shannon Sherry 29 Mar 2010

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