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Ugandan Smallholders Reaffirm Commitment to Peasant Agroecology to Preserve Environment, Indigenous Seeds, and Foods
During the 6th Annual National Organic Week (NOW) 2024, small-scale farmers in Uganda made a pivotal declaration reaffirming their commitment to agroecology and organic farming...
Zambian Farmers Collaborate with Aid by Trade Foundation to Address Ecological Changes and Promote Biodiversity”
The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) recently held group discussions with CmiA farmers in Zambia to explore ecological changes and the measures being taken in...
Claas reaches half-million mark with combine harvesters
Claas announced it has built half a million combine harvesters since the company’s founding in Harsewinkel, Germany, in 1936. To commemorate the milestone, the company...
Syngenta opens rights to genome-editing and breeding technologies to boost agricultural innovation
Syngenta Group, one of the world’s largest agricultural technology companies, will provide rights to selected genome-editing and breeding technologies for academic research globally, as part...
Argentine grain harvests threatened by persistent drought
Argentina lost half of its seasonal soybean harvest in its main production area – the rich and normally humid center of the country – due...
Sugar tax the main threat to the industry in 2023
This was according to Trix Trikam, executive director of the South African Sugar Association (SASA). “Any increase in the rate of the [sugar tax] in...
Rolling blackouts: SA irrigation farmers at the risk of losing all
South Africa’s agriculture sector is on the cusp of a devastating catastrophe because of the country’s inability to provide sufficient electricity to keep the wheels...
Illicit trade deals SA tobacco industry another blow
South Africa’s largest tobacco manufacturer, British American Tobacco (BAT), has entered into a process of restructuring, because of an “explosion in illicit tobacco sales” following...
International Year of Millets 2023 Kick Starts Today
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has chosen a proactive multi-stakeholder engagement strategy in order to accomplish the objective of IYM 2023 and propagate...