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Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premiumAnge Aboa

US, Norway join forces to boost African agriculture

US, Norway join forces to boost African agriculture

By Daphne Psaledakis 20 Sep 2023

FAO director-general Qu Dongyu. Source:

FAO chief Qu Dongyu re-elected for second term

3 Jul 2023

Smaller farmer's fields can reduce biodiversity loss and increase wild plants, birds, beetles and bats

Smaller farmer's fields can reduce biodiversity loss and increase wild plants, birds, beetles and bats

Lenore Fahrig 13 Jul 2020

Overview of the African fertiliser market

21 Jan 2020

Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty?

Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty?

12 Dec 2019

Ethiopia is making maps to help improve soil health

Ethiopia is making maps to help improve soil health

Ermias Betemariam 5 Dec 2019

Europe-banned insecticide 'threatens Africa's food security'

Europe-banned insecticide 'threatens Africa's food security'

Munyaradzi Makoni 25 Nov 2019

#SACSCCongress: How green roofs can contribute to people, profit and planet

#SACSCCongress: How green roofs can contribute to people, profit and planet

Sindy Peters 23 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Pesticide research must stay transparent and independent

Pesticide research must stay transparent and independent

Sébastien Sauvé 13 May 2019

UJ to host inaugural African Conference on Vertical Farming and Urban Agriculture

UJ to host inaugural African Conference on Vertical Farming and Urban Agriculture

5 Apr 2019

Three ways cities can help feed the world, without costing the Earth

Three ways cities can help feed the world, without costing the Earth

Silvio Caputo 4 Apr 2019

Boosting R&D capacity for sustainable agriculture

Boosting R&D capacity for sustainable agriculture

Nteranya Sanginga 10 Dec 2018

Living Soil: A documentary for all of us

Living Soil: A documentary for all of us

6 Dec 2018

Forests are critical to livelihoods says FAO director general

Forests are critical to livelihoods says FAO director general

6 Jul 2018

Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

John F. Tooker 28 Jun 2018

Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

Paul South 27 Jun 2018

Agricultural policies need to address child labour concerns

Agricultural policies need to address child labour concerns

13 Jun 2018

FAO's how-to guide to transforming food and agriculture

FAO's how-to guide to transforming food and agriculture

8 Jun 2018

Zambia's eMsika helping farmers buy agricultural inputs

Zambia's eMsika helping farmers buy agricultural inputs

Tom Jackson 4 Jun 2018

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Yi Li 23 May 2018

Toward sustainable ammonia production

Toward sustainable ammonia production

Xiaofeng Feng 22 May 2018

NaCRRI labs during Connected Conference (Image Supplied)

More scientists, researchers needed for interdisciplinary plant disease research network

18 May 2018

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Hidden danger: Why soil pollution should be a top priority globally

3 May 2018

Innovation, people key to creating a sustainable bioeconomy

25 Apr 2018

The cotton bollworm is hybridizing with the corn earworm in ways that could result in a damaging mega-pest (Credit: CSIRO)

Two major crop scourges are hybridising to produce a new mega-pest

Rich Haridy 10 Apr 2018

Photo by Scott Goodwill on

We know how food production needs to change if crisis is to be avoided - so why isn't this happening?

Nina Moeller & Michel Pimbert 27 Mar 2018

Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food

Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food

Chris West, Bob Doherty & Tony Heron 20 Mar 2018

Olive mills don't just produce oil – they also generate a lot of wastewater (Credit: )

A new life for olive oil waste

Ben Coxworth 5 Mar 2018

Princelee Ocheme via

Nominations open for the 2018 Africa Food Prize

1 Feb 2018

Mega-mergers will squeeze farmers, push up food prices, experts warn

Alex Whiting 24 Oct 2017

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Smaller farmer's fields can reduce biodiversity loss and increase wild plants, birds, beetles and bats

Smaller farmer's fields can reduce biodiversity loss and increase wild plants, birds, beetles and bats

Lenore Fahrig 13 Jul 2020

Overview of the African fertiliser market

21 Jan 2020

Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty?

Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty?

12 Dec 2019

Ethiopia is making maps to help improve soil health

Ethiopia is making maps to help improve soil health

Ermias Betemariam 5 Dec 2019

Europe-banned insecticide 'threatens Africa's food security'

Europe-banned insecticide 'threatens Africa's food security'

Munyaradzi Makoni 25 Nov 2019

#SACSCCongress: How green roofs can contribute to people, profit and planet

#SACSCCongress: How green roofs can contribute to people, profit and planet

Sindy Peters 23 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Pesticide research must stay transparent and independent

Pesticide research must stay transparent and independent

Sébastien Sauvé 13 May 2019

UJ to host inaugural African Conference on Vertical Farming and Urban Agriculture

UJ to host inaugural African Conference on Vertical Farming and Urban Agriculture

5 Apr 2019

Three ways cities can help feed the world, without costing the Earth

Three ways cities can help feed the world, without costing the Earth

Silvio Caputo 4 Apr 2019

Boosting R&D capacity for sustainable agriculture

Boosting R&D capacity for sustainable agriculture

Nteranya Sanginga 10 Dec 2018

Living Soil: A documentary for all of us

Living Soil: A documentary for all of us

6 Dec 2018

Forests are critical to livelihoods says FAO director general

Forests are critical to livelihoods says FAO director general

6 Jul 2018

Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

John F. Tooker 28 Jun 2018

Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

Paul South 27 Jun 2018

Agricultural policies need to address child labour concerns

Agricultural policies need to address child labour concerns

13 Jun 2018

FAO's how-to guide to transforming food and agriculture

FAO's how-to guide to transforming food and agriculture

8 Jun 2018

Zambia's eMsika helping farmers buy agricultural inputs

Zambia's eMsika helping farmers buy agricultural inputs

Tom Jackson 4 Jun 2018

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Yi Li 23 May 2018

Toward sustainable ammonia production

Toward sustainable ammonia production

Xiaofeng Feng 22 May 2018

NaCRRI labs during Connected Conference (Image Supplied)

More scientists, researchers needed for interdisciplinary plant disease research network

18 May 2018

Photo by paul mocan on

Hidden danger: Why soil pollution should be a top priority globally

3 May 2018

Innovation, people key to creating a sustainable bioeconomy

25 Apr 2018

The cotton bollworm is hybridizing with the corn earworm in ways that could result in a damaging mega-pest (Credit: CSIRO)

Two major crop scourges are hybridising to produce a new mega-pest

Rich Haridy 10 Apr 2018

Photo by Scott Goodwill on

We know how food production needs to change if crisis is to be avoided - so why isn't this happening?

Nina Moeller & Michel Pimbert 27 Mar 2018

Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food

Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food

Chris West, Bob Doherty & Tony Heron 20 Mar 2018

Olive mills don't just produce oil – they also generate a lot of wastewater (Credit: )

A new life for olive oil waste

Ben Coxworth 5 Mar 2018

Princelee Ocheme via

Nominations open for the 2018 Africa Food Prize

1 Feb 2018

Mega-mergers will squeeze farmers, push up food prices, experts warn

Alex Whiting 24 Oct 2017

How safe is the food on your plate?

19 Sep 2017

KKB via _Burkina Faso: cotton harvest in Dourtenga

Top African producer bans GM cotton

26 Apr 2016

AECI's Mark Dytor is looking for opportunities in other parts of the world because of strikes in SA and the weak state of the economy. Image: AECI

AECI plans to reduce its reliance on a weak SA

Nick Hedley 30 Jul 2014

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