Bumper Harvest Year in Sub-Saharan Africa, the World’s Food Basket.” We believe the day will come when this headline describes reality if the right policy choices are made today. Although increasingly frequent climate shocks and food insecurity trends paint a grim picture, Africa can act now to bring this vision to life.
For decades, the food and agriculture industries, governments and nonprofit organizations have warned, cautioned, prepared for a time when they would have to feed more people, with more money, with less land and fewer resources.
South Africa's agricultural sector had a rough start to the year regarding production and exports.
Egypt, known for pyramids, dunes and hot weather, has emerged as a significant wheat producer amid a global shortage caused by the conflict in Ukraine.
One important development this past week in global agriculture was the news that India is considering a temporary ban on rice exports.
Among its many intricately interlinked challenges, Africa faces burgeoning cities and increasing numbers of rural mouths to feed. But these challenges are not insurmountable:
A company on the cutting edge of Autonomous Decision Science, an artificial intelligence-based technology that gathers and analyzes an almost limitless amount of data to help clients make decisions (and make decisions for clients), has been closely examining the Russia-Ukraine war and the impact it is having on global food insecurity.
As South Africa's 2022/23 summer cop season draws to a close, the focus is shifting towards the 2023/24 production season, which commences in October.
It's the winter chill relinquishes its grip on South Africa, the nation is bracing for an enigmatic weather phenomenon that has the potential to disrupt the delicate balance of its ecosystems and communities: El Niño.
Chitin is a natural polysaccharide polymer compound. It exist in the shells of crustaceans such as shrimps and crabs and the epidermis of insects.
SA agriculture encapsulates why reconstructing the apartheid economy has proven so hard.
With South Africa hosting the 15th Brics summit this week, the bloc’s supposed benefits for the country’s agricultural sector have not materialised, according to experts.
Agriculture has historically been seen differently by various generations.
The 2022 Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR23) was launched today, with the message that the repercussions of inaction are not just confined to hunger and malnutrition but extend to economic, social, and environmental domains, with the potential to undermine the progress made over the years.
Weeklikse Afrikaanse Landbou Nuusoorsig - Die Afrikaanse Nuus is die afgelope paar dae op AGRI NEWS NET geplaas, saam met nog ander artikels.
We are three weeks into the start of South Africa's 2023/24 summer crop production season.
Today’s farms and other agricultural operations work far differently than those of just a few decades ago, primarily thanks to agricultural technology (AgTech) advancements. Sophisticated devices and systems now allow farming to be more profitable, efficient, safer, and environmentally friendly.
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