- Sep- 2018 -9 SeptemberBusiness
NCPB struggles to sell maize imported under subsidy plan
The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) is facing difficulties selling maize it imported under the subsidy programme that was…
Read More » - 9 SeptemberFuture of Farming
Opportunities in agriculture lie in long standing challenges
Agriculture innovations and solutions that will thrive in the continent are those that seek to address everyday challenges faced by…
Read More » - 8 SeptemberLivestock
Countries set to take on deadly livestock-killing disease
Controlling and eventually eradicating the Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) disease – which has nearly 90 percent fatality rate among the animals…
Read More » - 8 SeptemberBusiness
From subsistence farming to a thriving upmarket supplier
Watching shoppers browse through the array of neatly packed healthy foods at an upmarket independent retailer north of Johannesburg, it…
Read More » - 8 SeptemberNews
How the weather is yielding resilience for Zambia’s smallholder farmers
Just having better information about when and for how long it will rain is proving the difference between success and…
Read More » - 8 SeptemberCrops
Crop-eating pest could hit Africa food supplies – Experts
Unpredictable weather patterns and the spread of crop-destroying fall armyworm caterpillars could lead to “no food at all” for communities across Africa,…
Read More » - 7 SeptemberTechnology
African agriculture to be introduced with new technologies
Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank Group (www.afdb.org) made a call for farmers all around Africa to…
Read More » - 7 SeptemberFuture of Farming
Agriculture is the way out for Africa
Africa spent about $35 billion on food imports in 2016, and projections show that if left unchecked, the continent’s food import…
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