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G-Star successfully grows greenhouse cotton

ESG

G-Star successfully grows greenhouse cotton

3 Jun 2024

How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil

Research & Development

How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil

Rémi Cardinael, Armwell Shumba and Vira Leng 7 Dec 2023

All the Sapro Best Recycled Plastic Product Awards 2023 winners

Exhibitions & Events

All the Sapro Best Recycled Plastic Product Awards 2023 winners

3 Oct 2023

Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change

Research & Development

Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change

Derek Lynch 29 Dec 2022

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Trends

6 agriculture trends to look out for in 2023

Justin Platt 14 Dec 2022

SA young engineers to progress to global round of Blue Sky Awards

Forestry

SA young engineers to progress to global round of Blue Sky Awards

9 Dec 2022

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Agri Tech

Using AI in agriculture could boost global food security - but we need to anticipate the risks

Asaf Tzachor 31 Mar 2022

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Sustainable Farming

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Anja Gassner, Philip Dobie and Terry Sunderland 7 Jun 2021

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Agriculture

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Anja Gassner, Philip Dobie and Terry Sunderland 4 Feb 2021

Key insights into land degradation from seven African countries

Forestry

Key insights into land degradation from seven African countries

Karl Hughes 5 Oct 2020

Agri Tech

How agritech solutions can help farmers offset coronavirus risks

Nico Groenewald 5 May 2020

Can Africa overcome these threats to security and stability?

ESG

Can Africa overcome these threats to security and stability?

Pedro Guerreiro 11 Nov 2019

Global food prices decline in August

Agriculture

Global food prices decline in August

9 Sep 2019

Climate change is affecting crop yields and reducing global food supplies

Food Security

Climate change is affecting crop yields and reducing global food supplies

10 Jul 2019

Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

Research & Development

Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

Paul South 27 Jun 2018

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Agriculture

How collaboration can help grow and transform agriculture in Africa

Daniel Rodriguez, John Dixon & Mulugetta Mekuria 17 May 2018

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Agriculture

El Niño affected two-thirds of the world's harvests

10 Apr 2018

East Africa region urged to adopt GMOs to boost food security

Agriculture

East Africa region urged to adopt GMOs to boost food security

Johnson Kanamugire 11 Dec 2017

Stephen Ausmus via - Bemisia tabaci, Africa’s main cassava insect pest

Agriculture

Africa's most notorious insects: The bugs that hit agriculture the hardest

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 5 Sep 2017

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Agriculture

Global status of commercialised biotech/GM crops

4 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

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Agriculture

Pursuing sustainable soil management to combat soil pollution

26 Jun 2017

BNI trait could improve nitrogen-efficiency of crops

Agriculture

BNI trait could improve nitrogen-efficiency of crops

22 May 2017

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Agriculture

Agritech Expo Zambia to offer workshops on armyworm and aquaculture

10 Apr 2017

1bn in mobile subscriptions soon for Africa

Mobile

1bn in mobile subscriptions soon for Africa

Mariam Abdullahi 16 Mar 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

USAID via - Woman watering crops in Morogoro, Tanzania

Agriculture

Invisible irrigators: how small-scale Tanzanian farmers are making a difference

Phil Woodhouse 25 Jan 2017

Agriculture

Weather forecast for southern Africa predicts good rainfall this season

Admire Ndhlovu 13 Sep 2016

Exciting future for continent that accesses the power of Internet of Things

Digital

Exciting future for continent that accesses the power of Internet of Things

Brett Parker 16 Aug 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

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AGRA, Standard Bank invest in African agriculture

20 Mar 2009