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Source: © Ollivier Girad/CIFOR-ICRAF Fifty-eight ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as able to provide healthy diets in a changing climate

Africa’s ‘forgotten’ foods research wins prestigious US Cozzarelli Prize

16 May 2024

WFP plans food relief for 270,000 Zimbabweans, poor harvest expected

By Nyasha Chingono 5 Jan 2024

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Bizcommunity.com 27 Sep 2019

Food systems development needs a new trajectory - FAO director-general

Food systems development needs a new trajectory - FAO director-general

27 Sep 2019

FAO director-general calls on food industry to do more to support healthy foods

FAO director-general calls on food industry to do more to support healthy foods

26 Sep 2019

#FoodNextAfrica: The SA food startup championing traditional African flavours

#FoodNextAfrica: The SA food startup championing traditional African flavours

Lauren Hartzenberg 17 Sep 2019

Impacts of climate change on food security not evenly distributed, conference hears

5 Sep 2019

FMD officially confirmed in Namibia's Zambezi region

FMD officially confirmed in Namibia's Zambezi region

19 Aug 2019

Investing in the future of food and agriculture - farm better, not bigger

Investing in the future of food and agriculture - farm better, not bigger

Mark Hassenkamp 14 Aug 2019

Restoring soil can help address climate change

Restoring soil can help address climate change

David R. Montgomery 14 Aug 2019

Undercover farming helps overcome climate change challenges

Undercover farming helps overcome climate change challenges

Carin Venter 25 Jul 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

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Precision agriculture is key to meeting Africa's growing demand for food

Tony Esmeraldo 23 Jul 2019

Economic growth depends on animal health management

Claudi Nortjé 23 Jul 2019

Climate change is affecting crop yields and reducing global food supplies

Climate change is affecting crop yields and reducing global food supplies

10 Jul 2019

SCA halts fracking exploration in the Eastern Cape

5 Jul 2019

CTA awards 4 grants to support blockchain use in agriculture

1 Jul 2019

New study urges smarter use of small pelagic species to strengthen food security

New study urges smarter use of small pelagic species to strengthen food security

27 Jun 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

PMA Fresh Connections: Southern Africa bringing together the entire fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain in Cape Town

PMA Fresh Connections: Southern Africa bringing together the entire fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain in Cape Town

Produce Marketing Association 26 Jun 2019

Why food safety in Africa's informal markets must be driven by consumers

Why food safety in Africa's informal markets must be driven by consumers

Arie Havelaar and Ashagrie Zewdu Woldegiorgis 10 Jun 2019

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Radisson Blu forms three-way partnership to enhance sustainable forest management in Zambia

7 Jun 2019

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Free State Agriculture calls for strong action against anthrax outbreak

31 May 2019

Farmer-to-farmer programme launches in Zimbabwe

Farmer-to-farmer programme launches in Zimbabwe

31 May 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

Luke Dale Roberts

Luke Dale Roberts joins Farm Africa's Chefs for Change initiative in Kenya

27 May 2019

Backyard farming key to food security in cities

Backyard farming key to food security in cities

22 May 2019

EU-African task force proposes new way ahead for African rural development

Morgan Morris 21 May 2019

Pesticide research must stay transparent and independent

Pesticide research must stay transparent and independent

Sébastien Sauvé 13 May 2019

African Swine Fever update

African Swine Fever update

9 May 2019

Africa Food Security 11 via

IPC releases new guidelines to enhance food insecurity, malnutrition analysis

26 Apr 2019

Travellers called to comply with SA's import regulations

Travellers called to comply with SA's import regulations

18 Apr 2019

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Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

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Bizcommunity.com 27 Sep 2019

Food systems development needs a new trajectory - FAO director-general

Food systems development needs a new trajectory - FAO director-general

27 Sep 2019

FAO director-general calls on food industry to do more to support healthy foods

FAO director-general calls on food industry to do more to support healthy foods

26 Sep 2019

#FoodNextAfrica: The SA food startup championing traditional African flavours

#FoodNextAfrica: The SA food startup championing traditional African flavours

Lauren Hartzenberg 17 Sep 2019

Impacts of climate change on food security not evenly distributed, conference hears

5 Sep 2019

FMD officially confirmed in Namibia's Zambezi region

FMD officially confirmed in Namibia's Zambezi region

19 Aug 2019

Investing in the future of food and agriculture - farm better, not bigger

Investing in the future of food and agriculture - farm better, not bigger

Mark Hassenkamp 14 Aug 2019

Restoring soil can help address climate change

Restoring soil can help address climate change

David R. Montgomery 14 Aug 2019

Undercover farming helps overcome climate change challenges

Undercover farming helps overcome climate change challenges

Carin Venter 25 Jul 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

CloudVisual via

Precision agriculture is key to meeting Africa's growing demand for food

Tony Esmeraldo 23 Jul 2019

Economic growth depends on animal health management

Claudi Nortjé 23 Jul 2019

Climate change is affecting crop yields and reducing global food supplies

Climate change is affecting crop yields and reducing global food supplies

10 Jul 2019

SCA halts fracking exploration in the Eastern Cape

5 Jul 2019

CTA awards 4 grants to support blockchain use in agriculture

1 Jul 2019

New study urges smarter use of small pelagic species to strengthen food security

New study urges smarter use of small pelagic species to strengthen food security

27 Jun 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

PMA Fresh Connections: Southern Africa bringing together the entire fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain in Cape Town

PMA Fresh Connections: Southern Africa bringing together the entire fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain in Cape Town

Produce Marketing Association 26 Jun 2019

Why food safety in Africa's informal markets must be driven by consumers

Why food safety in Africa's informal markets must be driven by consumers

Arie Havelaar and Ashagrie Zewdu Woldegiorgis 10 Jun 2019

Image Supplied.

Radisson Blu forms three-way partnership to enhance sustainable forest management in Zambia

7 Jun 2019

Skitterphoto via

Free State Agriculture calls for strong action against anthrax outbreak

31 May 2019

Farmer-to-farmer programme launches in Zimbabwe

Farmer-to-farmer programme launches in Zimbabwe

31 May 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

Luke Dale Roberts

Luke Dale Roberts joins Farm Africa's Chefs for Change initiative in Kenya

27 May 2019

Backyard farming key to food security in cities

Backyard farming key to food security in cities

22 May 2019

EU-African task force proposes new way ahead for African rural development

Morgan Morris 21 May 2019

Pesticide research must stay transparent and independent

Pesticide research must stay transparent and independent

Sébastien Sauvé 13 May 2019

African Swine Fever update

African Swine Fever update

9 May 2019

Africa Food Security 11 via

IPC releases new guidelines to enhance food insecurity, malnutrition analysis

26 Apr 2019

Travellers called to comply with SA's import regulations

Travellers called to comply with SA's import regulations

18 Apr 2019

Mobile app aiding farming data collection and sharing

Mobile app aiding farming data collection and sharing

Samuel Hinneh 9 Apr 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

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

Cutting nitrogen fertiliser amounts raise rice yields

Cutting nitrogen fertiliser amounts raise rice yields

Paul Adepoju 29 Mar 2019

Farmcrowdy closes $1m additional seed funding

Fundisiwe Maseko 25 Mar 2019

Blue economy: Experts call for sustainable exploitation

Blue economy: Experts call for sustainable exploitation

Ruth Waruhiu 25 Mar 2019

Africa takes centre stage at Blue Belt Initiative Conference for sustainable fisheries, aquaculture

Africa takes centre stage at Blue Belt Initiative Conference for sustainable fisheries, aquaculture

15 Mar 2019

Migration and displacement: the human face of climate change

Migration and displacement: the human face of climate change

Danette Breitenbach 14 Mar 2019