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African Agri Investment Indaba targets transformative change in agriculture sector

Source: Reuters

Cameroon farmers turn to vigilantes and amulets to stop cocoa theft

By Amindeh Blaise Atabong 2 Oct 2024

2024 Äänit Prize winners Chido Dzinotyiwei (left) and Ismail Dumutu (right) with Judy Sikuza, CEO of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation (middle) (Image supplied)

Mandela Rhodes Foundation 2024 Äänit Prize winners announced

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EkoFarmer: High-tech turnkey solution for businesses who want to grow their own

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Pursuing sustainable soil management to combat soil pollution

26 Jun 2017

Technology, like this tea-picking machine in Kenya, can harness agriculture’s power to change lives. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Science has the power to boost farming in Africa. But a lot has to change

Frans Swanepoel 19 Jun 2017

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Introducing the Greenhouse In a Box

16 May 2017

African agribusiness partnerships driving growth on the continent

African agribusiness partnerships driving growth on the continent

15 May 2017

Africa has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

Africa has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

Junior Sabena Mutabazi 2 May 2017

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Young Africans create new roads for agriculture

Pius Sawa, Reuters 28 Apr 2017

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Govt unveils crop disease quarantine

Runyararo Muzavazi 24 Apr 2017

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

Nteranya Sanginga 31 Mar 2017

Carl Davies, CSIRO via - Cowpeas are a staple food and an important source of protein for over200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.

Pulses, powerful allies in achieving Sustainable Development Goals

13 Feb 2017

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Feb 2017

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Charlotte Hebebrand 10 Nov 2016

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Raymond Auerbach 1 Nov 2016

Bernard Gagnon via - Tef in Ethiopia

Ethiopia Soil Map arms farmers with new fertilisers in climate fight

Pius Sawa 30 Sep 2016

'Less choice for African farmers' after Bayer's Monsanto takeover

'Less choice for African farmers' after Bayer's Monsanto takeover

Wanjiru Eunice 19 Sep 2016

- Simnai and Phillip Tshuma, smallholder farmers from Hwange, Zimbabwe, show off their sorghum crop planted using fertilizers. Photo: Busani Bafana

Innovative use of fertilisers revives hope for Africa's Green Revolution

Busani Bafana 5 Sep 2016

KKB via _Burkina Faso: cotton harvest in Dourtenga

Top African producer bans GM cotton

26 Apr 2016

Digitizing agriculture and growing knowledge

Digitizing agriculture and growing knowledge

Cari Van Wyk 18 Apr 2016

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Decline of bees, other pollinators, threatens crop output

29 Feb 2016

15 EU nations opt to stay GMO-free

15 EU nations opt to stay GMO-free

2 Oct 2015

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Genetically modified cotton in Africa will harm, not help, smallholder farmers

12 Jun 2015

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Africa joins the world in global protest

29 May 2015

Monsanto would sell Syngenta's seed business in merger

Monsanto would sell Syngenta's seed business in merger

22 May 2015

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

Practical approaches on how to tackle the global waste problem

Practical approaches on how to tackle the global waste problem

Alan Kahn 13 Sep 2013

Brics leaders look to boost trade with Africa

Brics leaders look to boost trade with Africa

21 Aug 2013

Film festival to focus on forests

Film festival to focus on forests

28 May 2013

Nestle needs to do more for its farmers

Nestle needs to do more for its farmers

29 Mar 2013

If you're content, we're content

If you're content, we're content

Bizcommunity.com 18 Mar 2013

ABN Productions to host Agribusiness Indaba

22 Feb 2013

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EkoFarmer: High-tech turnkey solution for businesses who want to grow their own

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26 Jun 2017

Technology, like this tea-picking machine in Kenya, can harness agriculture’s power to change lives. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

AgricultureScience has the power to boost farming in Africa. But a lot has to change

Frans Swanepoel 19 Jun 2017

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AgricultureIntroducing the Greenhouse In a Box

16 May 2017

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AgricultureAfrican agribusiness partnerships driving growth on the continent

15 May 2017

Africa has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

AgricultureAfrica has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

Junior Sabena Mutabazi 2 May 2017

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AgricultureYoung Africans create new roads for agriculture

Pius Sawa, Reuters 28 Apr 2017

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AgricultureGovt unveils crop disease quarantine

Runyararo Muzavazi 24 Apr 2017

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

AgricultureThe challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

Nteranya Sanginga 31 Mar 2017

Carl Davies, CSIRO via - Cowpeas are a staple food and an important source of protein for over200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.

AgriculturePulses, powerful allies in achieving Sustainable Development Goals

13 Feb 2017

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

AgricultureWhy microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Feb 2017

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

AgricultureFertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Charlotte Hebebrand 10 Nov 2016

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

AgricultureOrganic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Raymond Auerbach 1 Nov 2016

Bernard Gagnon via - Tef in Ethiopia

AgricultureEthiopia Soil Map arms farmers with new fertilisers in climate fight

Pius Sawa 30 Sep 2016

'Less choice for African farmers' after Bayer's Monsanto takeover

Agriculture'Less choice for African farmers' after Bayer's Monsanto takeover

Wanjiru Eunice 19 Sep 2016

- Simnai and Phillip Tshuma, smallholder farmers from Hwange, Zimbabwe, show off their sorghum crop planted using fertilizers. Photo: Busani Bafana

AgricultureInnovative use of fertilisers revives hope for Africa's Green Revolution

Busani Bafana 5 Sep 2016

KKB via _Burkina Faso: cotton harvest in Dourtenga

AgricultureTop African producer bans GM cotton

26 Apr 2016

Digitizing agriculture and growing knowledge

AgricultureDigitizing agriculture and growing knowledge

Cari Van Wyk 18 Apr 2016

skeeze via

AgricultureDecline of bees, other pollinators, threatens crop output

29 Feb 2016

15 EU nations opt to stay GMO-free

Agriculture15 EU nations opt to stay GMO-free

2 Oct 2015

scottchan via

AgricultureGenetically modified cotton in Africa will harm, not help, smallholder farmers

12 Jun 2015

arindam banerjee via

AgricultureAfrica joins the world in global protest

29 May 2015

Monsanto would sell Syngenta's seed business in merger

AgricultureMonsanto would sell Syngenta's seed business in merger

22 May 2015

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

ManufacturingAECI plans to reduce its reliance on a weak SA

Nick Hedley 30 Jul 2014

Practical approaches on how to tackle the global waste problem

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Alan Kahn 13 Sep 2013

Brics leaders look to boost trade with Africa

FinanceBrics leaders look to boost trade with Africa

21 Aug 2013

Film festival to focus on forests

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28 May 2013

Nestle needs to do more for its farmers

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29 Mar 2013

If you're content, we're content

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African Green Revolution Forum commences in Arusha

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AgriBusiness Congress highlights investment opportunities

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Ghana makes cocoa-farming fashionable

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Malawi: Environmental journos hail new government

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SA, Qatar strengthen relations

GovernmentSA, Qatar strengthen relations

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