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Why Africa’s food future depends on its women farmers

Agriculture

Why Africa’s food future depends on its women farmers

Debra Mallowah 13 Nov 2025

One of Thanda’s Food Security Economic Development programme’s farmers harvesting food to sell in her community. Image supplied.

Food, Water & Energy Security

Woolies' R857m effort towards a hunger-free South Africa

28 Oct 2025

Women in agriculture: Cultivating growth and transforming communities

Agriculture

Women in agriculture: Cultivating growth and transforming communities

Karabo Mabuza 26 Aug 2025

Backing Africa’s climate-smart agriculture: Why finance must lead the way

Agribusiness

Backing Africa’s climate-smart agriculture: Why finance must lead the way

Leon Kotze 20 Aug 2025

Inclusive market strategies could transform SA’s fresh produce sector

Agriculture

Inclusive market strategies could transform SA’s fresh produce sector

Zanele Mabaso 25 Jul 2025

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Agriculture

AfDB approves €100m loan to empower women and youth in Morocco’s agriculture

21 Jul 2025

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Mining

Ghana uses drone tech, AI to catch wildcat miners

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 26 Jun 2025

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Research & Development

From the ground up: How soil health unlocks greater yields for small-scale farmers

Dr Margaretha Brand 12 May 2025

Urban food gardens produce more than vegetables, they create bonds for young Capetonians – study

Sustainable Farming

Urban food gardens produce more than vegetables, they create bonds for young Capetonians – study

Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira 3 Feb 2025

Agriculture

WPF training guides for small-scale producer poultry farming in Africa

14 May 2024

Healthcare

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

How rezoning your property could provide an opportunity for growth

Markets & Investment

How rezoning your property could provide an opportunity for growth

8 Aug 2023

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Agriculture

South Africa's small-scale farmers still can't find a place in the food value chain

Adrino Mazenda 14 Oct 2022

Support for rural farmers

Agriculture

Support for rural farmers

Rebone Moerane & Alfred Kgasi, Issued by University of Pretoria 30 Aug 2022

Beyond zama zamas - an alternative future for the Gauteng mining belt

Mining

Beyond zama zamas - an alternative future for the Gauteng mining belt

Reinier Minny 25 Aug 2022

There's a place for big and small farms in securing South Africa's food supply

Agribusiness

There's a place for big and small farms in securing South Africa's food supply

Fenji Materechera and Mary Scholes 21 Apr 2022

Food Security

Are small farms the solution to food insecurity? Uganda study shows policies can get it wrong

Juan Pablo Rud, Diego Restuccia and Fernando Aragon Sanchez 2 Dec 2021

Food pricing report shows increased concentration, challenges for small-scale farmers

Agriculture

Food pricing report shows increased concentration, challenges for small-scale farmers

17 Sep 2021

Harnessing land reform to generate youth employment

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Harnessing land reform to generate youth employment

29 Jun 2021

Public-private partnerships to provide nutritional food to communities

Agriculture

Public-private partnerships to provide nutritional food to communities

15 Apr 2021

KZN couple continues family tradition supplying first-grade fresh produce

FMCG

KZN couple continues family tradition supplying first-grade fresh produce

7 Apr 2021

Supply Chain

Technology and supermarket chains can help strengthen southern Africa's food systems

Thando Vilakazi and Namhla Landani 16 Feb 2021

10th Annual Social Innovation Awards winners announced

Awards

10th Annual Social Innovation Awards winners announced

10 Feb 2021

Finalists in Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards announced

Social Entrepreneurship

Finalists in Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards announced

22 Jan 2021

Problematic assumptions raise questions about South Africa's new land reform plan

Agriculture

Problematic assumptions raise questions about South Africa's new land reform plan

Ben Cousins 27 Oct 2020

Failing Africa's farmers, starving the continent

Agriculture

Failing Africa's farmers, starving the continent

Timothy A. Wise 11 Sep 2020

The imperative to create shared value for Africa through investment in agriculture

Agribusiness

The imperative to create shared value for Africa through investment in agriculture

Axel Smeulders 27 Aug 2020

Study shows land redistribution can create new jobs in agriculture in South Africa

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Study shows land redistribution can create new jobs in agriculture in South Africa

Ben Cousins 4 Jun 2020

SU researcher shows how local small-scale farmers can start artisan cheesemaking businesses

Research & Development

SU researcher shows how local small-scale farmers can start artisan cheesemaking businesses

Engela Duvenage 30 Apr 2020

What is shaping culture? From drug to Drug in 365 days

Research

What is shaping culture? From drug to Drug™ in 365 days

Brett Rogers 21 Apr 2020

Global and historical lessons on how land reforms have unfolded

Agribusiness

Global and historical lessons on how land reforms have unfolded

Ben Cousins 9 Dec 2019

Vodacom's female farmer programme empowers small scale farmers in rural SA

Agriculture

Vodacom's female farmer programme empowers small scale farmers in rural SA

26 Apr 2019

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Agriculture

AGCO unveils innovative Farm in a Box initiative for Africa's rural communities

22 Jan 2019

How investment in irrigation is paying off for Ethiopia's economy

Agriculture

How investment in irrigation is paying off for Ethiopia's economy

Gebisa Ejeta 18 Jan 2019

Farmer irrigating vegetables in Mali ©Tingju Zhu/IFPRI

Agro-processing

Smallholders' global food production underestimated

Munyaradzi Makoni 19 Dec 2018

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Agriculture

#IATF2018: How African leaders can help transform agriculture in Africa

18 Dec 2018

How the lack of affordable vegetables is creating a billion-dollar obesity epidemic in South Africa

Food Security

How the lack of affordable vegetables is creating a billion-dollar obesity epidemic in South Africa

16 Aug 2018

Potatoes SA announces first Enterprise Development Farmer of the Year

Agriculture

Potatoes SA announces first Enterprise Development Farmer of the Year

Hanrie Greebe 11 Jun 2018

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Food Security

Towards a food-secure Africa

Raphael Obonyo 12 Feb 2018

Agricultural education and training: The landscape, challenges and opportunities

Agriculture

Agricultural education and training: The landscape, challenges and opportunities

Prof Charlie Reinhardt 2 Feb 2018

#BizTrends2018: Investing in efficiency of Africa's small-scale farmers a game changer

Trends

#BizTrends2018: Investing in efficiency of Africa's small-scale farmers a game changer

Ashley Boag 8 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: Why education is the next big trend in African agriculture

Trends

#BizTrends2018: Why education is the next big trend in African agriculture

Howard Blight 8 Jan 2018

Nisboere presenters

Agriculture

Nisboere: Exploring South Africa's small and unusual farms

12 Sep 2017

Agriculture

Kitchen gardens cultivate bond between refugees, Kenyan hosts

Benson Rioba 22 Aug 2017

Journalist and political commentator, Max du Preez

Markets & Investment

Has SA finally hit the reset button?

Nicci Botha 14 Jun 2017

Agriculture

Holistic approach needed for agriculture to play the role the NDP envisions

7 Mar 2017

#DesignIndaba2017: Concrete beehive helps create a more sustainable beekeeping industry

Agri Tech

#DesignIndaba2017: Concrete beehive helps create a more sustainable beekeeping industry

2 Mar 2017

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

Agriculture

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

Daniel Pelz 1 Feb 2017