Crystal Orderson outlines the potential of the agricultural sector should private investors get involved. Africa is home to 60% of the world’s arable land, meaning that the continent’s agriculture has the potential to not only feed its own people but create more job opportunities and increase export revenue. One of the key factors needed for ...

Bigger tractors, bigger challenges, bigger everything Johannesburg, South Africa, 31 October 2022: Following the huge success of the world-first Massey Ferguson Master Mechanic challenge in November 2021, the reality show returns on 18 November in an even bigger and better format. “Season 1 of the world’s first tractor-based reality show was an incredibly successful journey ...

According to Taiwo Oyaniran, an associate director at PwC Nigeria, agriculture is a key sector in Nigeria, contributing around 22% to the country’s annual GDP and employing about 36% of the workforce. Despite the size and importance of the sector, more than 80% of farmers in Nigeria are smallholders, and they grow around 90% of ...

Increasingly severe droughts in Africa make it very hard to grow food, especially in the dryer areas of the continent. But a water system developed in the United States is helping improve crop production in drought-affected areas. The system involves plastic membranes that look like clear covers. When put in the ground, they prevent the ...

By Cliff Ekuful The seventh edition of the Agrofood West Africa Trade Fair Conference has been launched in Accra. Scheduled between November 29 and December 1, the conference will be held under the auspices of the German trade show specialists, Agrofood and Plastprintpack West Africa. It will be held at the Accra International Conference Centre ...

By Ronald Musoke Kampala, Uganda — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Uganda’s agriculture ministry have teamed up and responded to the plight of mango farmers in the southern district of Ntungamo in their fight against the Mango mealybug– one ...

A CABI-led study involving 57 scientists from 46 different institutions has provided a comprehensive review of the devastating fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) including details on its invasiveness, biology, ecology and management. The research, published in the journal Entomologia Generalis, highlights how fall armyworm (FAW) is serious pest of several crops – particularly maize and other ...

Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation El-Sayed El-Quseir discussed during a meeting in Cairo Oct. 18 with his Gabonese counterpart, Charles Mve Ella, the need to boost bilateral cooperation in various agricultural fields. According to a statement published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Quseir stressed during the meeting the Egyptian government’s support for Gabon, ...

By Watipaso Mzungu Rodah Chirwa, from Group Village Head Chipwayira in Traditional Authority Timbiri in Nkhata Bay District, makes at least MK388,000 each time she harvests and sells her honey. She does that after every six to eight months. Chirwa says she lives happily for she can afford her basic needs while building for herself ...

Migori — A total of 406 acres of tobacco farms in Migori County have been transformed alternative crops by tobacco growers. The Tobacco Free Farms Project started in 2021 with 370 acres across four wards and saw an upward projection of 134 tonnes to 200 tonnes of beans production. The success of the project has ...