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Coffee firms turning away from Africa as EU deforestation law looms
Agriculture
Coffee firms turning away from Africa as EU deforestation law looms

Maytaal Angel and Dewi Kurniawati 19 Dec 2023

FAO report: Food production plummets as disasters cost $123bn yearly
Agriculture
FAO report: Food production plummets as disasters cost $123bn yearly

13 Dec 2023

Making cotton sustainable requires science, investment and governance
Retail
Making cotton sustainable requires science, investment and governance

5 Oct 2023

Farmers plant more cocoa outside Africa as prices rally
Agriculture
Farmers plant more cocoa outside Africa as prices rally

Marcelo Teixeira 2 Oct 2023

Africa's agribusiness sector should drive the continent's economic development: 5 reasons why
Agriculture
Africa's agribusiness sector should drive the continent's economic development: 5 reasons why

Lilac Nachum 24 Feb 2023

Tanzania's tomato harvest goes to waste: Solar-powered cold storage could be a sustainable solution
Agriculture
Tanzania's tomato harvest goes to waste: Solar-powered cold storage could be a sustainable solution

Evodius Waziri Rutta 13 Jan 2023

Helping Africa's farmers control climate-induced pests
Agriculture
Helping Africa's farmers control climate-induced pests

Gilbert Nakweya 30 Dec 2022

Kenya's GMO maize push sowing trouble for food sector, farmers warn
Agriculture
Kenya's GMO maize push sowing trouble for food sector, farmers warn

Duncan Miriri 15 Dec 2022

Source: Pula Advisors.
Finance
Closing the gender gap in digital microinsurance among women smallholders in Africa

Katja Hamilton 18 Nov 2022

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference
Agriculture
Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Chloe MacLaren 1 Sep 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

Northern Cape raisin industry gets R28m boost
Agriculture
Northern Cape raisin industry gets R28m boost

24 May 2022

How rural Africa is achieving equitable and effective food system transformation
Agriculture
How rural Africa is achieving equitable and effective food system transformation

11 Apr 2022

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Agriculture
Farmer register to improve statistics of commercial, smallholder producers

22 Feb 2022

Storytelling event spotlights achievements in African agricultural research
Agriculture
Storytelling event spotlights achievements in African agricultural research

20 Jan 2022

Cross-functional, multi-stakeholder partnerships key to SA's green economy - Nedbank
ESG & Sustainability
Cross-functional, multi-stakeholder partnerships key to SA's green economy - Nedbank

9 Dec 2021

Picture-based insurance cushion Kenyan smallholder farmers from climate change
Agriculture
Picture-based insurance cushion Kenyan smallholder farmers from climate change

13 Dec 2021

Coffee bean prices have doubled in the past year and may double again - what's going on?
Agriculture
Coffee bean prices have doubled in the past year and may double again - what's going on?

Jonathan Morris 1 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

Africa's green revolution initiative has faltered: Why other ways must be found
Agriculture
Africa's green revolution initiative has faltered: Why other ways must be found

Timothy A. Wise 16 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

Luxury fashion label Chanel invests $25m in new climate adaptation fund
Retail
Luxury fashion label Chanel invests $25m in new climate adaptation fund

Michael Taylor 11 Jun 2021

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture
Agriculture
New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Anja Gassner, Philip Dobie and Terry Sunderland 7 Jun 2021

Report: Gender-responsive research key to farm productivity, tackling Africa's agricultural threats
Agriculture
Report: Gender-responsive research key to farm productivity, tackling Africa's agricultural threats

27 May 2021

New forum launched for global soil health
Agriculture
New forum launched for global soil health

24 Mar 2021

GFSI ranks SA first in food security in sub-Saharan Africa
Agriculture
GFSI ranks SA first in food security in sub-Saharan Africa

5 Mar 2021

Experts point ways to better crops and farmer incomes
Agriculture
Experts point ways to better crops and farmer incomes

5 Mar 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

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture
Agriculture
New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Anja Gassner, Philip Dobie and Terry Sunderland 4 Feb 2021

Sappi achieves first international PEFC Forest Certification in South Africa
ESG & Sustainability
Sappi achieves first international PEFC Forest Certification in South Africa

Issued by Sappi 29 Jan 2021

Nigerian startups make ag-tech accessible to small local farmers
Agriculture
Nigerian startups make ag-tech accessible to small local farmers

5 Jan 2021

IBM announces support of Digital4Agriculture Initiative
ICT
IBM announces support of Digital4Agriculture Initiative

8 Dec 2020

Boost smallholder phone access for better crop yields
Agriculture
Boost smallholder phone access for better crop yields

Eldon Opiyo 19 Nov 2020

Problematic assumptions raise questions about South Africa's new land reform plan
Agriculture
Problematic assumptions raise questions about South Africa's new land reform plan

Ben Cousins 27 Oct 2020

Cultivating agri development, economic growth in Africa
Agriculture
Cultivating agri development, economic growth in Africa

13 Oct 2020

Google and FAO launch new big data tool, Earth Map
Agriculture
Google and FAO launch new big data tool, Earth Map

17 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

Finding the key to agricultural growth in SA
Agriculture
Finding the key to agricultural growth in SA

Wandile Sihlobo 5 Aug 2020

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Agriculture
How a global pandemic could strengthen agribusiness in Africa

Louis van Ravesteyn 8 Jul 2020

Measures in place to support farmers amid drought
Agriculture
Measures in place to support farmers amid drought

29 Jun 2020

Covid-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system
Agriculture
Covid-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system

Kai Mausch, Michael Hauser, Todd Rosenstock and Wanjiku Gichohi-Wainaina 12 Jun 2020

Study shows land redistribution can create new jobs in agriculture in South Africa
Property
Study shows land redistribution can create new jobs in agriculture in South Africa

Ben Cousins 4 Jun 2020

Smallholders get R500m approved for Covid-19 agri disaster fund
Agriculture
Smallholders get R500m approved for Covid-19 agri disaster fund

19 May 2020

How code is improving food security
ICT
How code is improving food security

7 May 2020

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Agriculture
#Covid19: Keeping Africa fed as the disease bites

Qu Dongyu, Josefa Sacko and Thokozile Didiza 5 May 2020

Build inclusive food systems to fight Covid-19
Agriculture
Build inclusive food systems to fight Covid-19

Wilson Odhiambo 4 May 2020

Why Ghana's smallholders aren't excited by the latest 'Green Revolution'
Agriculture
Why Ghana's smallholders aren't excited by the latest 'Green Revolution'

Siera Vercillo 14 Apr 2020

Nigeria needs to close the financial inclusion gap for women smallholder farmers
Agriculture
Nigeria needs to close the financial inclusion gap for women smallholder farmers

Olayinka Adegbite, Elizabeth Mkandawire and Lepepeule Machethe 9 Mar 2020

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