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Agri Tech

Agri Tech Conference: AI and technology take center stage

24 Mar 2025

North-West University at the forefront of agricultural innovation

Agri Tech

North-West University at the forefront of agricultural innovation

Bertie Jacobs, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 9 Dec 2024

AI in agriculture: Will it close or widen the gender gap?

Agriculture

AI in agriculture: Will it close or widen the gender gap?

Wambui Kuria and Niharika Agarwal 29 Oct 2024

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Agriculture

Farming with a mixture of crops, animals and trees is better for the environment and for people – evidence from Ghana and Malawi

Laura Vang Rasmussen, Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Ingo Grass, Marney Isaac and Rachel Bezner Kerr 19 Jun 2024

Malawi farming experiment shows how simple changes can boost maize yields and improve soil

Research & Development

Malawi farming experiment shows how simple changes can boost maize yields and improve soil

Alan Dixon 13 Jun 2024

Fire-smart farming: How the crops we plant could help reduce the risk of wildfires on agricultural landscapes

Agriculture

Fire-smart farming: How the crops we plant could help reduce the risk of wildfires on agricultural landscapes

Tim Curran, Md Azharul Alam, Tanmayi Pagadala and Thomas Maxwell 31 Oct 2023

Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods

Sustainable Farming

Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods

Barath Raghavan and Michael Kantar 8 Aug 2023

Technology can boost farming in Africa, but it can also threaten biodiversity - how to balance the two

Agri Tech

Technology can boost farming in Africa, but it can also threaten biodiversity - how to balance the two

Thomas Daum, Frédéric Baudron, Ingo Grass, Matin Qaim and Regina Birner 18 Jul 2023

#FarmingfortheFuture: RegenAg SA - Advancing regenerative agriculture for soil, human and planet health

Sustainable Farming

#FarmingfortheFuture: RegenAg SA - Advancing regenerative agriculture for soil, human and planet health

Robin Fredericks 28 Apr 2023

Climate change is already hitting Africa's livestock - here's how to address the risks

Research & Development

Climate change is already hitting Africa's livestock - here's how to address the risks

Polly Ericksen and Laura Cramer 4 Nov 2022

Study explores impact of drought on apple and wheat farmers in the Western Cape

Agro-processing

Study explores impact of drought on apple and wheat farmers in the Western Cape

Jorisna Bonthuys 19 May 2022

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Agribusiness

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Wandile Sihlobo 27 Oct 2021

Report: Gender-responsive research key to farm productivity, tackling Africa's agricultural threats

Research & Development

Report: Gender-responsive research key to farm productivity, tackling Africa's agricultural threats

27 May 2021

Africa has a growing food security problem: why it can't be fixed without proper data

Food Security

Africa has a growing food security problem: why it can't be fixed without proper data

28 Aug 2020

How optimal water use can support food security, reduce waste in Africa

Food, Water & Energy Security

How optimal water use can support food security, reduce waste in Africa

27 Aug 2020

A palm oil plantation in Malaysia. (Shutterstock)

Forestry

How our food choices cut into forests and put us closer to viruses

24 Aug 2020

Agriculture

Geospatial data platform launches to help build stronger food, agriculture sectors

22 Jul 2020

Covid-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system

Agriculture

Covid-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system

Kai Mausch, Michael Hauser, Todd Rosenstock and Wanjiku Gichohi-Wainaina 12 Jun 2020

How planting a garden can boost bees, local food and resilience during the coronavirus crisis

Agriculture

How planting a garden can boost bees, local food and resilience during the coronavirus crisis

Sheila Colla 14 May 2020

Trends

#BizTrends2020: How to succeed in agriculture in 2020

Nico Groenewald 13 Jan 2020

Agriculture

Innovative solutions vital for agriculture to combat climate change

13 Dec 2019

Irrigation earns flood-prone farmers US$4,344 a hectare

Agro-processing

Irrigation earns flood-prone farmers US$4,344 a hectare

30 Jul 2019

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

Sustainable Farming

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

21 Jun 2019

Futureproof yourself with STEM for these 7 careers that could exist in 2050

Primary & Secondary Education

Futureproof yourself with STEM for these 7 careers that could exist in 2050

18 Jun 2019

New stewardship project equips smallholders against climate change

Food Security

New stewardship project equips smallholders against climate change

3 Jun 2019

Synchronising food production can have disastrous effects

Agribusiness

Synchronising food production can have disastrous effects

Zia Mehrabi and Navin Ramankutty 3 May 2019

High-tech agriculture: Farmers risk being 'locked in' to unsustainable practices

Agri Tech

High-tech agriculture: Farmers risk being 'locked in' to unsustainable practices

8 Mar 2019

The tech fix that won't secure food supplies

Agri Tech

The tech fix that won't secure food supplies

Anita Makri 24 Dec 2018

Why massive effort needs to be put into growing trees on farms

Forestry

Why massive effort needs to be put into growing trees on farms

Philip Dobie 3 Dec 2018

Agri Tech

Africa well positioned to feed the world

Heather Dugmore 27 Aug 2018

Why climate-smart agriculture is crucial to Africa

Sustainable Farming

Why climate-smart agriculture is crucial to Africa

Eldon Opiyo 11 Jun 2018

Why ozone poses a challenge to food security

Agriculture

Why ozone poses a challenge to food security

Divya Pandey, Lisa Emberson & Sofie Mortensen 5 Apr 2018

Agroecology's potential to transform food systems for the better

Agriculture

Agroecology's potential to transform food systems for the better

4 Apr 2018

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

Agriculture

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

16 Mar 2018

Agriculture

Science, politics and the quest to secure Africa's sustainable food future

Adam Sneyd 23 Feb 2018

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Agro-processing

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Baher Kamal 23 Nov 2017

Study: Better soil could trap as much planet-warming carbon as transport produces

Agriculture

Study: Better soil could trap as much planet-warming carbon as transport produces

Thin Lei Win 21 Nov 2017

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Agriculture

Bringing innovation into mushroom farming

Leroy Dzenga 6 Oct 2017

Climate-smart agriculture urgently needed in Africa

Sustainable Farming

Climate-smart agriculture urgently needed in Africa

Baher Kamal 8 Sep 2017

Agriculture

New study: Pesticides increase extinction risk for bumblebee populations

Mark Brown 16 Aug 2017

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Agriculture

How some African farmers are responding to climate change and what we can learn from them

15 Aug 2017

Agriculture

Growing food in the post-truth era

Alana Mann 6 Jul 2017

Why South Africa's agricultural industry needs digital transformation

Agri Tech

Why South Africa's agricultural industry needs digital transformation

Mark McCallum 10 May 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via - Olivia Gimbo holds up her family's supply of food for the week in Epworth, Harare.

Food Security

Global future food security in jeopardy warns FAO report

22 Feb 2017

Why the US has a lot to gain from investing in Africa's agri-food systems

Agribusiness

Why the US has a lot to gain from investing in Africa's agri-food systems

Thomas Jayne 7 Feb 2017

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

Agriculture

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

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Feb 2017

SA farmers must meet challenges of climate change

Sustainable Farming

SA farmers must meet challenges of climate change

18 Oct 2016

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

Agro-processing

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

15 Sep 2016

Image by Tawanda Marandure

Sustainable Farming

How agriculture can be intensified in Africa without causing harm

Tawanda Marandure and Kennedy Dzama 2 Sep 2016

What Africa can do to manage the fallout of climate change

Climate Change

What Africa can do to manage the fallout of climate change

Coleen Vogel 1 Jun 2015