Zim targets UAE food export market
Elita Choctaw Zimbabwe is eyeing expansion of exports of value added agricultural produce as the country takes advantage of trade opportunities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to grow the
‘Smarter food’ needed to end global hunger by 2030
Sweetpotato farmer Emmanuel Habimana shows off his harvest in Rwanda. Copyright: Hugh Rutherford/CIP, (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). This image has been cropped Ending world hunger isn’t just about producing more food,
Nigeria: Special Report – How Nigeria’s Maize Production Has Grown Since 1960
By Abdulkareem Mojeed Farmers now worry about the takeoff of the African Continental Free Trade Area. Nigeria is producing 10 times more maize yearly now than it did at independence…
MoU signed to boost fruit exports from SA to China
Xiaohu Xu, Vice President of the CCCFNA/ Justin Chadwick, Chairman of Fruit SA and Vangile Titi-Msumza, Vice-Chair of Fruit SA. Fruit exports from South Africa and China are set to
Mozambique: Next MCC Compact Will Cover Agriculture, Rural Transport
Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo) Maputo — Agriculture and rural transport will be the key areas covered by the next package of development projects financed by the US Government’s
Mozambique: FAO Helping Cabo Delgado Displaced to Resume Farming
Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo) Maputo — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) argues that food aid for the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by terrorism
Sugar sector eyes master plan to protect its turf from big imports
The South African sugar industry is looking to the recently signed Sugarcane Master Plan to stabilise the sector in 2021. Photo: Supplied/By Given Majola DURBAN – THE SOUTH African sugar
New citrus export levy sees R1bn invested into sector
Marco Ossino via 123RF The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) has welcomed the gazetting of the new statutory export citrus levy by the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform…
Safeguarding food security key to Africa’s economic recovery
Image: Andre Nery © 123RF.com/SourceESIAfrica Food security, agriculture and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) are crucial to the continent’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery, according to the African Development Bank.
Climate smart project tackles food insecurity
By Freddy Mambara Harare – Four SADC members – though the Centre for Co-ordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA) – are mitigating the impact of COVID-19