AfCFTA agriculture export efforts will have to be focused
WHILE there is optimism that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is set to provide further expansion opportunities for South Africa’s agricultural exports into...
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Alternative energy solutions for sustainable agriculture
It’s prudent for the agricultural industry to consider alternative energy sources to manage the challenges relating to energy costs and supply, which affect farming businesses...
The impact of COVID-19 on black farmers in South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to disrupt societies. In South Africa, it has caused millions to lose jobs and incomes. At the same time food prices have...
New app allows tractor owners and farmers to connect in Kenya
Technology is changing agriculture in Kenya. A new app allows farmers who cannot afford their own machinery to connect to tractor owners and hire their...
ZAMBIA TO EXPORT OVER 1 MLN TONNES MAIZE AFTER BUMPER HARVEST
Zambia will export more than 1 million tonnes of white maize in a bid to stimulate private sector involvement and enhance trade in agricultural commodities,...
Namibia: Youthful Entrepreneurs Venture Into Poultry
A number of young rural farmers have turned to poultry farming in the past few years after realising the yields that could be reaped from...
Empowering women in agriculture
THE German development and cooperation agency GIZ, in collaboration with StartUp Namibia, in September launched an agribusiness bootcamp aimed at benefiting Namibian women in agriculture....
Poultry Farmers Cry As Investments Shrink
Nigerian poultry farmers are angry. Their problems are growing in a vicious circle which has plunged the industry into deepening crisis. Since 2019, the farmers...
AATF To Boost Small-Holders Farmers’ Production Capacity
The Executive Director African Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF), Dr Canisius Kanangire, has assured African farmers of the foundation’s efforts to ensure improved food production through...
JICA invests $2.5 mil. in fly-based sanitation startup in Nairobi
The Japan International Cooperation Agency has invested $2.5 million in a U.S. startup in Nairobi that uses flies to process biowaste in an initiative to...