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Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new but bringing them up to scale will require further development

Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new but bringing them up to scale will require further developmentAndré O. Hudson

How science and innovation can strengthen global food systems

How science and innovation can strengthen global food systems

2 Feb 2023

Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change

Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change

By Derek Lynch 29 Dec 2022

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

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

Munyaradzi Makoni 25 Nov 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

The geopolitics of palm oil and deforestation

The geopolitics of palm oil and deforestation

Jean-Marc Roda 2 Jul 2019

Would you eat meat grown from cells in a laboratory? Here's how it works

Would you eat meat grown from cells in a laboratory? Here's how it works

Leigh Ackland 26 Jun 2019

How design thinking united Malawian researchers and farmers

How design thinking united Malawian researchers and farmers

Kurt R. Richter and Bill Heinrich 28 May 2019

Nestlé launches innovation challenge in 6 African countries

Nestlé launches innovation challenge in 6 African countries

28 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

350 African researchers to benefit from training in how to tackle crop disease

350 African researchers to benefit from training in how to tackle crop disease

5 Apr 2019

FAO, ADEPT partner to promote potential of African diaspora in agribusiness

FAO, ADEPT partner to promote potential of African diaspora in agribusiness

4 Apr 2019

USAID launches 3 Centres of Excellence to build links between Egyptian, US universities

USAID launches 3 Centres of Excellence to build links between Egyptian, US universities

3 Apr 2019

Connecting food waste and sanitation services can help African farmers

Connecting food waste and sanitation services can help African farmers

Federico Davila, Alice Mweetwa, Dana Cordell, Frank Mnthambala, Gudina Tucho, Ruben Sakrabani 4 Mar 2019

International push to improve food safety

International push to improve food safety

18 Feb 2019

5 ways our food supply chain will transform in 5 years

5 ways our food supply chain will transform in 5 years

14 Feb 2019

AGCO is helping African farmers access the agribusiness market

AGCO is helping African farmers access the agribusiness market

Robin Fredericks 5 Feb 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

'Systems thinking' can be used to solve complex food contamination problems

'Systems thinking' can be used to solve complex food contamination problems

20 Nov 2018

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Wiida Fourie-Basson 5 Nov 2018

FAO director-general stresses importance of job creation in rural areas

FAO director-general stresses importance of job creation in rural areas

29 Oct 2018

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity.com 23 Oct 2018

IBM Food Trust launches worldwide with Carrefour on board

IBM Food Trust launches worldwide with Carrefour on board

11 Oct 2018

Africa goes green and digital with a consortium of 30 agritech entrepreneurs

Africa goes green and digital with a consortium of 30 agritech entrepreneurs

Aïda El Kohen and Hamza Rkha Chaham 17 Jul 2018

Nigeria's Farmcrowdy wins Digital Business of the Year Award

Nigeria's Farmcrowdy wins Digital Business of the Year Award

Tom Jackson 17 Jul 2018

Beninese, Nigerian startups selected for Food Connection Challenge

Beninese, Nigerian startups selected for Food Connection Challenge

Tom Jackson 2 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

Key insights into the global lemon market

Key insights into the global lemon market

22 Jun 2018

Ewien van Bergeijk - Kwant via

Repositioning family farming in global agriculture

Ntswaki Motaung 14 Jun 2018

Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the world's poor at risk

Kristie Ebi 13 Jun 2018

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

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

Munyaradzi Makoni 25 Nov 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

The geopolitics of palm oil and deforestation

The geopolitics of palm oil and deforestation

Jean-Marc Roda 2 Jul 2019

Would you eat meat grown from cells in a laboratory? Here's how it works

Would you eat meat grown from cells in a laboratory? Here's how it works

Leigh Ackland 26 Jun 2019

How design thinking united Malawian researchers and farmers

How design thinking united Malawian researchers and farmers

Kurt R. Richter and Bill Heinrich 28 May 2019

Nestlé launches innovation challenge in 6 African countries

Nestlé launches innovation challenge in 6 African countries

28 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

350 African researchers to benefit from training in how to tackle crop disease

350 African researchers to benefit from training in how to tackle crop disease

5 Apr 2019

FAO, ADEPT partner to promote potential of African diaspora in agribusiness

FAO, ADEPT partner to promote potential of African diaspora in agribusiness

4 Apr 2019

USAID launches 3 Centres of Excellence to build links between Egyptian, US universities

USAID launches 3 Centres of Excellence to build links between Egyptian, US universities

3 Apr 2019

Connecting food waste and sanitation services can help African farmers

Connecting food waste and sanitation services can help African farmers

Federico Davila, Alice Mweetwa, Dana Cordell, Frank Mnthambala, Gudina Tucho, Ruben Sakrabani 4 Mar 2019

International push to improve food safety

International push to improve food safety

18 Feb 2019

5 ways our food supply chain will transform in 5 years

5 ways our food supply chain will transform in 5 years

14 Feb 2019

AGCO is helping African farmers access the agribusiness market

AGCO is helping African farmers access the agribusiness market

Robin Fredericks 5 Feb 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

'Systems thinking' can be used to solve complex food contamination problems

'Systems thinking' can be used to solve complex food contamination problems

20 Nov 2018

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Wiida Fourie-Basson 5 Nov 2018

FAO director-general stresses importance of job creation in rural areas

FAO director-general stresses importance of job creation in rural areas

29 Oct 2018

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity.com 23 Oct 2018

IBM Food Trust launches worldwide with Carrefour on board

IBM Food Trust launches worldwide with Carrefour on board

11 Oct 2018

Africa goes green and digital with a consortium of 30 agritech entrepreneurs

Africa goes green and digital with a consortium of 30 agritech entrepreneurs

Aïda El Kohen and Hamza Rkha Chaham 17 Jul 2018

Nigeria's Farmcrowdy wins Digital Business of the Year Award

Nigeria's Farmcrowdy wins Digital Business of the Year Award

Tom Jackson 17 Jul 2018

Beninese, Nigerian startups selected for Food Connection Challenge

Beninese, Nigerian startups selected for Food Connection Challenge

Tom Jackson 2 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

Key insights into the global lemon market

Key insights into the global lemon market

22 Jun 2018

Ewien van Bergeijk - Kwant via

Repositioning family farming in global agriculture

Ntswaki Motaung 14 Jun 2018

Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the world's poor at risk

Kristie Ebi 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

New app uLima will optimise the farming potential of Africa

1 Jun 2018

Mainstreaming biodiversity crucial for securing global food security

31 May 2018

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Yi Li 23 May 2018

Jean Bucher & Hp.Baumeler via

Cattle used as currency in southern Africa

23 May 2018

Toward sustainable ammonia production

Toward sustainable ammonia production

Xiaofeng Feng 22 May 2018

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Can bees battle climate losses? Harvests aren't sweet as hoped, farmers say

Moraa Obiria 21 May 2018

NaCRRI labs during Connected Conference (Image Supplied)

More scientists, researchers needed for interdisciplinary plant disease research network

18 May 2018

christijamin via

Data-bait: Using tech to hook globe's multi-billion-dollar fishing cheats

Thin Lei Win 16 May 2018

Can meat exports be made humane? Here are three key strategies

Can meat exports be made humane? Here are three key strategies

Andrew Butt, Andrew Fisher & Shakira Hussein 11 May 2018

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