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Get the very current news on Agriculture and Farming activities in Africa.
- May- 2020 -3 May
Farmvest seals moringa contract, seeks partnership with local farmers and private sector
Farmvest Agricapital a SA based company with Operations in Zimbabwe and South Africa announced that they have sealed a 5-year…
Read More » - 1 May
Climate-smart cassava gets new use in Zambia
To deal with drier conditions brought by a shifting climate, farmer Pamela Nyirenda last year shifted to growing drought-hardy cassava,…
Read More » - Apr- 2020 -29 April
BBC expands Follow the Food series with special content on feeding the world during the pandemic
BBC Global News has announced a special nine-part series of Follow the Food focusing on the challenges of feeding the…
Read More » - 28 April
AgriTech Expo Zambia rescheduled for 15-17 April 2021
The organizers of the 7th edition of the AgriTech Expo Zambia, the Zambian National Farmers Union (ZNFU) and the Zambian…
Read More » - 16 April
Professional bodies team up to feed vulnerable South Africans
Heeding President Ramaphosa’s call for a united response to the Covid-19 crisis, fifteen professional bodies from the finance industry are…
Read More » - 16 April
Kenya plans to allow corn imports as supplies set to run out
Kenya may need to import some corn, its main staple food, after about two months when the agriculture ministry projects…
Read More » - 13 April
A Million people face food shortage in Ethiopia due to locusts
One million people are in need of emergency food assistance in Ethiopia after the worst desert locust outbreak in decades.…
Read More » - 13 April
Rain-short Zimbabwe fights taboo against farming drought-hardy grain
Samuel Mudziwepasi lost his entire maize crop in the last farming season, when a drought ravaged much of Zimbabwe. Now…
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