Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural economist at FNB Agri-Business After a slow start to the 2018/19 summer crop season with severe dryness during December 2018 in the growing areas particularly in parts of the North West and the Free State, conditions rebounded early in January 2019 as ...

The European Commission Directorate for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO), has committed to strengthen the efforts of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), in the management of the fall armyworm in Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. DEVCO ...

Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural economist at FNB Agri-Business South Africa : Following a stellar performance in 2017, South Africa’s agriculture output shrank by massive 29.2% in the 2nd quarter of 2018 and contributed -0.8 of a percentage point to GDP growth. This follows a ...

CABI is leading a consortium, funded by the UK Space Agency’s International Partnership Programme (IPP), developing a Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE), which uses state-of-the-art technology to help inform farmers in sub-Saharan Africa of pest outbreaks that could devastate their crops and ...

Farmers inspect a farm where floods destroyed crops in western Rwanda. FILE PHOTO | CYRIL By Nita Karume:  Eastern Africa will continue to grapple with food shortages because of the floods. Over the past weekend, a series of small Kenyan dams collapsed, killing five people. These become the ...

By Fayelle Ouane, co-founder of Suguba, an Innovation Hub operating in several West African countries. Suguba’s vision is to foster a more integrated and empowered West Africa by giving a voice to the youth and escalating innovation in the region. As we celebrate Africa Day and commemorate our ...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is offering a $150,000 reward for ways to combat the armyworm menace.  The agency warned last week the pests threaten the livelihood of millions of African farmers. The fall armyworm is responsible for targeting maize, which unfortunately is ...

By Oscar Nkala.. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN-FAO) says the desert locust threat will remain very low across North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula this year due to unusually dry conditions which did not favour breeding during the recent winter. In its latest status ...

A strong focus on livestock, live equipment demonstrations, nethouse and aquaculture showcases and free AgriTEACH interactive training workshops are just some of the exciting, new features that will be available to experience to the more than 22 000 visitors that are expected at the fifth Agritech ...

Nqobile Bhebhe, Zimbabwe The Zimbabwe government, under the New Dispensation tagline pledged to revive the agricultural sector, a linchpin of the nation’s economy that collapsed catastrophically after the land seizures. In his inaugural address in November 2018, President Emmerson Mnangagwa ...