Energy-saving product assists poultry farmers with impact of loadshedding
Loadshedding affects all South Africans on a daily basis, and all industries are affected in some way. However, its repercussions go much deeper than...
Netafim brings precision irrigation technology to Rwanda’s farm hub to boost food security
Located in a poorly irrigated, semi-arid Nyagatara region in the eastern part of Rwanda which receives 800mm annual rainfall, Gabiro Agribusiness Hub was designed...
Bird flu ‘ticking time bomb’ cannot be stopped without major farming reforms, warns new...
The report – called Bird flu: Only major farm reforms can end it – shows that, contrary to popular belief, wild birds are typically victims of the...
World Water Week: safeguarding our planet’s most vital resource
Water preservation and management has never been more important and with World Water Week running between 20-24 August, the South African Breweries (SAB)
looks at...
Boost for Maquassi Hills residents as they receive indigenous chickens and agricultural production inputs
MEC Desbo Mohono of Agriculture and Rural Development in the North West Province today handed over indigenous chickens and other production inputs to a...
Investments in poor small-scale farmers generate significant benefits for climate and environment, says new...
Joint investments in small-scale farming in developing countries not only increase vulnerable rural people’s capacity to cope with the ever-increasing climatic and economic shocks,...
Kenya Breweries in a new deal to continue supporting sorghum farmers
Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) and Murang’a County have signed a deal that will see KBL support farmers growing sorghum in the area.
This is the...
Steering the charge for growth in South Africa’s beef industry
In a momentous development, South African beef has received approval for export to Saudi Arabia, marking the first time in two decades. This breakthrough...
Ethiopia and AfDB ink $84.3 million grant agreement to enhance wheat production
The African Development Bank Group has awarded grant funding totalling $84.3 million to Ethiopia to advance wheat production and increase farmers’ incomes.
Ethiopia’s Finance Minister...
A love of the land
Thokozile Maphisa has imagined herself as a commercial farmer, feeding the nation and creating jobs, since she was just a child. With the establishment...