New pilot supports youth-owned micro-farms to fight unemployment and food insecurity
South Africa is grappling with two interconnected challenges: persistently high youth unemployment and declining local food production. A new pilot is testing whether both...
Kenya unlocks private capital for smallholder farmers with KES 276m agri-securitisation deal
Kaleidofin, IDH Farmfit Fund and Apollo Agriculture announce landmark local currency transaction to strengthen smallholder farmer finance in Kenya
Fintech platform, Kaleidofin , has closed...
Bayer and bp to scale camelina as intermediate biofuel crop
Bayer and bp today announced that they have entered a long-term strategic alliance to jointly scale the crop camelina, under the brand name newgold™....
A further fuel hike, though modest still threatens agriculture profitability
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB Commercial
Although much slower than the April hike of just over R7/l for two grades of diesel (50ppm...
Agricultural Machinery Market Shows Growth Despite Economic Pressures
In the first quarter of the year, sales of tractors (+2.7%), combine harvesters (+65%) and telescopic handlers (+46%) rose, whilst sales of trailers fell...
Bayer teams up with UN migration agency to fight hunger
Bayer is pleased to announce the delivery of high-quality vegetable and corn seed to communities in Africa and Ukraine as part of an ongoing...
Imperative secures $91M for land restoration, Amazon signs offtake
Imperative, the Nature Infrastructure Company™, has taken final investment decision on Phase 2 of its Spekboom Ecosystem Restoration Project in South Africa, backed by...
Opinion: The distant war that drove up prices across Africa
John Karani is Secretary General of the African Supply Chain Confederation (ASCON)
The Middle East conflict restructured Africa's import costs permanently. From Cairo to Cape...
Corteva Agriscience championed inclusive growth at Mzansi Young Farmers Indaba 2026 through supplier development
Corteva Agriscience reaffirmed its commitment to building an inclusive and resilient agricultural sector through its support of the 2026 Mzansi Young Farmers Indaba, a...
Pressure mounts on World Bank to stop funding factory farming
More than 30 civil society organizations have called on the World Bank Group to stop financing industrial livestock production and redirect funds to sustainable,...