Tracing the history of farming across Africa gives clues to low production outputs
Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa is under-performing, leaving 30% of people in the region food insecure. Food insecurity means that not all people, at all times,...
Category : Agribusiness
Lessons in collaborating and data sharing that could help grow the horticulture industry
A leading agriculture entrepreneur is encouraging the Australian horticulture industry to embrace the concept of sharing and comparing information and ideas in order to improve...
Here is what’s behind the surge in global agricultural commodity prices
One of the lingering questions over the past few months is why global agricultural commodity prices continue to rise in the face of large production...
African farmers could benefit from more friendly EU agriculture policies
Gilbert Bor manages a small farm in the western highlands of Kenya. Landscapes are hilly, village roads lined with pine trees, his cows mostly of...
How Africa Can Successfully Modernize Agriculture
As a technology station manager, one of my responsibilities is to promote appropriate agricultural technologies in my region. Similar to many farmers throughout Africa, farmers...
Region Applauds Rwanda For Emerging Best Performer In Africa In Implementation Of Agriculture Program
The 14th Meeting of the Sectoral Council on Agriculture and Food Security (SCAFS) came to a close in Arusha, Tanzania on 25th June, 2021. Chairing the Ministerial...
‘We need 300m hectares of land to meet food demand by 2030’
The Minister of Environment Mohammed Abubakar said on Sunday that 24 billion tons of fertile soil are lost globally to dry land degradation affecting food...
Uhuru unveils Sh2.2 billion youth agribusiness programme
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday launched a Sh2.2 billion Empowering Novel Agribusiness-led Employment (ENABLE Kenya) programme. The programme is a youth capacity-building initiative aimed at...
Call for investment in agriculture as 9.8m Sudanese face famine
The Ministry of Agriculture of Sudan, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), have...
South Africans eat ten times more chicken than beef by value – and not a lot of vegetables
A recent survey released by Stats SA suggests that, by value, South Africans eat ten times as much chicken meat as beef, and very little...