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Role of innovative financing for farmers: Lessons from Ghana's cocoa irrigation

Agriculture

Role of innovative financing for farmers: Lessons from Ghana's cocoa irrigation

6 Nov 2024

Women in agriculture: Empowering South Africa’s unsung SHEroes

Employment Equity

Women in agriculture: Empowering South Africa’s unsung SHEroes

Beth Cook, Issued by Progression 20 Aug 2024

Survey: SA agribusinesses show high innovation despite challenges

Agribusiness

Survey: SA agribusinesses show high innovation despite challenges

23 Jul 2024

Metaverse helps bring water to Africa

Digital

Metaverse helps bring water to Africa

Issued by Mann Made 8 Mar 2023

Aquaponics farming helps Free State farmers living with disabilities sustain livelihoods

Fishing

Aquaponics farming helps Free State farmers living with disabilities sustain livelihoods

25 Nov 2021

How to put women at the centre of Africa's food systems

Food Security

How to put women at the centre of Africa's food systems

Elizabeth Mkandawire and Melody Mentz-Coetzee 20 Aug 2021

7 agribusiness tech trends to watch in 2021

Agri Tech

7 agribusiness tech trends to watch in 2021

Tania Holembovska 12 Aug 2021

Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution

Sustainable Farming

Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution

17 Jun 2021

The fourth agricultural revolution is coming - but who will really benefit?

Agri Tech

The fourth agricultural revolution is coming - but who will really benefit?

David Rose and Charlotte-Anne Chivers 16 Sep 2020

Agri Tech

How agritech solutions can help farmers offset coronavirus risks

Nico Groenewald 5 May 2020

Why Ghana's smallholders aren't excited by the latest 'Green Revolution'

Agribusiness

Why Ghana's smallholders aren't excited by the latest 'Green Revolution'

Siera Vercillo 14 Apr 2020

ICRAF assesses the socioeconomic impact of agroforestry in Kenya

Forestry

ICRAF assesses the socioeconomic impact of agroforestry in Kenya

13 Jan 2020

Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty?

Agriculture

Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty?

12 Dec 2019

Lifetime achievement award for AfDB's Adesina

ESG

Lifetime achievement award for AfDB's Adesina

14 Oct 2019

Agri Technovation steers SA agriculture into the 4IR with new mobile app

Agri Tech

Agri Technovation steers SA agriculture into the 4IR with new mobile app

10 Sep 2019

Subsidies are key to better fertiliser access, study shows

Agriculture

Subsidies are key to better fertiliser access, study shows

Inga Vesper 22 Aug 2019

AfDB president awarded honorary doctorate

Higher Education

AfDB president awarded honorary doctorate

3 Jun 2019

Building efficient and sustainable operations for SA agriculture

Agriculture

Building efficient and sustainable operations for SA agriculture

Robin Fredericks 30 Apr 2019

Syngenta to support Zambian farmers with sustainable farming solutions

Agro-processing

Syngenta to support Zambian farmers with sustainable farming solutions

29 Mar 2019

Connecting food waste and sanitation services can help African farmers

Sustainable Farming

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

Economic growth of 4% forecast for Africa this year

Research

Economic growth of 4% forecast for Africa this year

7 Feb 2019

A motorcyclist has his vehicle loaded with hands of matoke - ©Panos

Agriculture

Q&A: Transforming agriculture with tech scale-up

Baraka Rateng' 8 Jan 2019

AfDB looks to turn African savannah into global food basket using agritech

Agribusiness

AfDB looks to turn African savannah into global food basket using agritech

8 Nov 2018

AfDB, Purdue University host conference on successful farming technologies

Agri Tech

AfDB, Purdue University host conference on successful farming technologies

26 Sep 2018

Food and agricultural technology can enable the emerging tourism sector across Africa

Agriculture

Food and agricultural technology can enable the emerging tourism sector across Africa

Ogaufi Maripe 19 Sep 2018

Boosting 2019 wine grape crop by applying best practices

Viticulture & Oenology

Boosting 2019 wine grape crop by applying best practices

27 Sep 2018

Africa should be the breadbasket of the world says AfDB president

Agri Tech

Africa should be the breadbasket of the world says AfDB president

10 Aug 2018

CIAT, Alluvial partnership scales up Nigerian agritech innovation

Agriculture

CIAT, Alluvial partnership scales up Nigerian agritech innovation

1 Aug 2018

Agriculture

Scaling up game-changing agricultural innovations and technologies in Africa

Esther Ngumbi 29 Mar 2018

Rik Schuiling via

Agriculture

Gender gaps: Bane of Africa's agricultural R&D

Gilbert Nakweya 20 Mar 2018

Neil Palmer (CIAT) via

Agri Tech

How young people interact with agricultural technology across the African agri-food chain

1 Mar 2018

Eyibeauty Oyelowo via

Agriculture

More people went hungry in Africa in 2017. But new initiatives also bore fruit

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Jan 2018

Long-overdue GMO testing laboratory to be established

Agriculture

Long-overdue GMO testing laboratory to be established

31 Aug 2017

Joachim Huber via

Agriculture

AfDB to invest $24 billion in agriculture in Africa - Adesina

27 Jul 2017

Demonstration farms showcase agricultural techniques and technologies to improve crops. Flickr/Remi Nono-Womdim, FAO (Source: The Conversation)

Agriculture

Demonstration farms can help revolutionise African agriculture

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 27 Jun 2017

Africa must start by treating agriculture as a business

Agriculture

Africa must start by treating agriculture as a business

Dr Akinwumi Adesina 17 May 2017

US Department of State via

Agriculture

Agritech Expo Zambia to offer workshops on armyworm and aquaculture

10 Apr 2017

Agriculture

How urbanisation can benefit farmers

28 Mar 2017

mastensuncana via

Agriculture

Could 'resurrection' crops survive drought and feed a hungry planet?

Peter Lykke Lind 9 Mar 2017

- Photo: The New Times

Agriculture

Big Data and Africa's Green Revolution

Debisi Araba 21 Sep 2016

New partnership to reduce hunger, poverty in Africa

Agriculture

New partnership to reduce hunger, poverty in Africa

2 Jul 2013

Farming

Food security, climate change closely linked

Nthambeleni Gabara 15 Sep 2011

Research

Research program to improve agriculture sector

Seshnee Govender 18 Jun 2007