Entrepreneur Alda Aldhaniar Bekti explains the use of agricultural input products to an Indonesian Smallholder Farmer. Better Life Farming (BLF), Bayer’s multi-stakeholder global partnership model, received a commendation honor at the fifth edition of the United Nations Economic Cooperation and ...

By Nico Groenewald, Head of Agribusiness at Standard Bank Agriculture showed its resilience and agility in a depressed economy and at the back of COVID-19 with strong growth and good trade results in 2020. The pandemic brought tough trading conditions both domestically and ...

Good financial decisions now will ensure survival when the bad times come … again South Africa’s agricultural sector was the only shining star in the economy in 2020, escaping the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic relatively unscathed, with the exception of some industries e.g. wine, hunting and ...

Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-Business South Africa : In just over a month’s time, farmers will be preparing themselves for the onset of the winter crop planting season. Farmers planted just over 751,000 hectares under wheat, barley, canola and oats and this is likely ...

Benedetta Nangila’s Bracharia fodder farm in Bumula, Bungoma County Credit USIU Throughout 2020 and the myriad of challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting and working with young agribusiness entrepreneurs has been particularly pertinent.  To this end, the United States ...

With the right leadership, agriculture can heal South Africa - Twenty-eight agriculturists, from grain producers and agri-researchers to a Brahman stud manager and even a beekeeper, started their journey into leadership mastery. This group, which represents the rich diversity of South Africa’s ...

By Innocent Mhangarai Agriculture and rural development are faced with various challenges and these have continued from one generation to another. One of the major challenges associated with agriculture and rural development is narrowing the gap that exists between what is known and what is ...

By Grace GoodrichWith fertile river valleys, expansive coastal lowlands and the prolific Zambezi River as a source of irrigation, Mozambique is considered a mecca for crop cultivation, with climatic conditions catering to a diverse range of agricultural products.Agriculture represents the ...

Combining New Holland’s global expertise with Direkçi Group’s knowledge of the Nigerian market will help accelerate progress in the nation’s important agricultural sector.  New Holland Agriculture has appointed Direkçi Group as its distributor in Nigeria. This new partnership brings a broad ...

All our daily activities are related to a technological process. The benefit of this science is very significant for humanity. After the industrial revolution, scientific knowledge has had an unstoppable growth, allowing machinery and innovation to make our lives much more manageable. The goal of ...