In the National Budget Review for 2021, it was revealed that government's recovery plan focuses on raising the economy's long-term growth rate by supporting...
Kenya is battling some of the worst locust plagues in decades, but startup The Bug Picture hopes to transform the pests into profits...
Kenya is battling some of the worst locust plagues in decades, but startup The Bug Picture hopes to transform the pests into profits...
Baz Ratner 2 days ago
Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares (116,000 acres) of forest in its cocoa-growing regions in 2020, an environmental group said on Thursday...
Ange Aboa 19 Feb 2021
The City of Cape Town's Urban Management Directorate is inviting applications from suitable not-for-profit organisations to apply for grant funding to implement a food garden project in partnership with the City.
Evidence shows that farms that share landscapes with wild nature, such as remnant forests and trees, benefit from the ecosystem services provided...
Food Lover's Market has launched its Seeds Of Change Supplier Development Partnership to create opportunities for social enterprises to join the fresh produce retailer's network as a supplier...
Twenty trainees have been chosen to help scale organic production in South Africa...
PepsiCo plans to more than double its science-based climate goal, targeting a reduction of absolute greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by more than 40% by 2030...
Despite their enormous value, mangroves are being removed at an alarming rate. A new tool aims to help communities reverse mangrove loss and tap into conservation programmes and funding.
Trevor Gareth Jones 15 Jan 2021
All environments are faced with the need to manage alien and indigenous insects and animals. This is especially the case when these insects and animals become structural, environmental and/or public health issues...
SMARTSENZ® IPM 8 Jan 2021
The SA Canegrowers' Association has announced the arrival of its 'Home Sweet Home' campaign in Gauteng. The campaign, launched in KwaZulu Natal last month, encourages South Africans to buy local sugar products in order to help safeguard the one million livelihoods the industry supports...
In recent years, Africa has recorded the fastest growth globally in the number of hungry people and will have the highest total number of hungry people in the next decade if we cannot reverse current trends...
Patrice Talla 6 Jan 2021
Agricultural mechanisation is on the rise in Africa, replacing hand hoes and animal traction across the continent...
Thomas Daum 29 Dec 2020
Kenya's agriculture has beaten the odds of a difficult 2020 to end on a high, having registered one of the best growth trajectories across key segments in a long time...
Nelson Maina 28 Dec 2020