The Access to Seeds Index 2019 - Global Seed Companies, published by the Amsterdam-based Access to Seeds Foundation, evaluates the activities of the 13 leading global seed companies...
7 Feb 2019
AGCO's senior vice president and general manager for Asia Pacific and Africa elaborates on the company's new Farm in a Box initiative and how it's helping African farmers...
Robin Fredericks 5 Feb 2019
Capacity-building and agricultural mechanisation are a priority to facilitate food security and unlock the potential of small-scale farming in Africa...
22 Jan 2019
Farm-to-school programs aim to bring healthy, local food into schools, foster food literacy and enhance community connectedness...
5 Sep 2018
The return of avocados from Kenya to the South African market will be a significant period for both subsistence and commercial farmers in the country...
17 Aug 2018
The funding comes in the form of a $250,000 convertible grant from the FMO MASSIF Fund and a $250,000 loan from the Rabobank Foundation, which Apollo Agriculture chief executive officer (CEO) Eli Pollak said would allow it to expand its lending reach and greatly accelerate its rate of learning...
Tom Jackson 12 Jul 2018
The UN has officially declared 2019 to 2028 as the decade of family farming - aiming to reposition family farming at the centre of agricultural, environmental and social policies in the national agendas by identifying gaps and opportunities to promote a shift towards a more equal and balanced development...
Ntswaki Motaung 14 Jun 2018
Driven in part by an increase in conflicts and climate-induced disasters, the number of child labourers in agriculture worldwide has increased substantially from 98 million to 108 million since 2012 after more than a decade of continuous decline, according to the latest estimates...
13 Jun 2018
FAO's set of 20 interconnected actions offers a practical guide for countries on how to strengthen food security, generate decent employment, spur rural development and economic growth, conserve natural resources and respond to climate change...
8 Jun 2018
East African countries could lead the world in growth in consumption of tea during the next decade, even as they occupy top positions in exports of the commodity...
Maryanne Gicobi 6 Jun 2018
Tea consumption has grown particularly rapidly in China, India and other emerging economies, driven by a combination of higher incomes and efforts to diversify production to include speciality items such as herbal teas, fruit fusions and flavoured gourmet teas...
30 May 2018
Powerful genetically modified plant technologies can quickly yield new plant varieties, but their adoption has been controversial. But now a new genome-editing technology known as CRISPR may offer a good alternative...
Yi Li 23 May 2018
The Connected Virus Network Launch Conference drew dozens of world-class researchers from sub-Saharan Africa and the UK, confirming a growing network whose collaborations promises to yield solutions to devastating crop diseases...
18 May 2018
Little is know about the scale and severity of soil pollution, which poses a serious threat to agricultural productivity, food safety and human health...
3 May 2018
