Why Nairobians Have Gone Crazy About Pineapple Peels
Nairobi News
Pineapple peels have become a hot property in Nairobi overnight with most city dwellers flocking their nearest pineapple vendor's place to obtain the prized commodity. Read more »
Farmer Wins 'Alternative Nobel' for Drought-Fighting Technique
Thomson Reuters Foundation
A farmer from Burkina Faso who popularized an ancient farming technique to reverse desertification is among the winners of Sweden's "alternative Nobel prize", announced on Monday. Read more »
1,000 'Avocado Addicts' to Be Paid Handsomely Just for Eating the Fruit for Six Months
Nairobi News
Kenya is turning to be an 'avocado nation' or it already has. The love for the nutritious fruit in Kenya is probably second to none. Read more »
Senegalese Chef Puts Supergrain On New York Menus
Thomson Reuters Foundation
A gluten-free grain that grows in Africa's impoverished and semi-arid Sahel region is taking off as a health food in New York, the Senegalese chef who masterminded its revival said… Read more »
Recognising the Debilitating Nature Conflict Has On Food Security
IPS
Nyalen Kuong and her daughters fled to safety after an attack on their village in South Sudan in which Kuong's husband and two sons where killed and the family's cattle lost.… Read more »
Rift Farmers to Sue in Effort to Save 932-Acre Tea Plantation
Nation
Staring at possible losses running into hundreds of millions of shillings, 19,000 shareholders of Sinendet Multipurpose Cooperative Society will Tuesday move to court to challenge… Read more »
Africa's Nomadic Herders Help, Not Harm, Land and Planet - UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Pastoralists manage land in way that keeps carbon in soil instead of releasing climate-changing emissions, experts say Read more »
Four MPs to Answer Bribery Claims Over Sugar Report
Nation
Four MPs have been summoned by the National Assembly's Powers and Privileges Committee over the shooting down of the contraband sugar report. Read more »
Food Security - Government Seeks Help
Foroyaa
Vice President and Minister of Women's Affairs Read more »
Two Firms Place Lowest Offers to Supply Nation With Wheat
Addis Fortune
The wheat will be delivered to beneficiaries under the fourth phase of the Productive Safety Net Program Read more »
Abattoirs Can't Compete With Livestock Exports
New Era
Latest Meat Board statistics reveal that both beef and sheep export abattoirs are still not competitive with livestock exports. Read more »
Sugar Tax Millions Should Be Used for Diversification in the Industry [analysis]
Daily Maverick
It seems only right that a tax that originates from the sugar industry should be applied to explore ways to enable this huge employer of South Africans to keep up the good work. Read more »
Ministry to Seed New Forestry Roadmap
Addis Fortune
The National Forest Sector Development Program will last a decade Read more »
Windhoek Show Now Open to All Goats
New Era
Regulations for goat farmers have been relaxed for the Windhoek Industrial and Agricultural Show, which starts this weekend with the only requirement being that an exhibitor must… Read more »
Chinese Gangs Fuel Illegal South Africa Abalone Trade - Report
Deutsche Welle
Chinese crime syndicates working with local South African gangs have caused stocks of abalone to be depleted at a record rate. Illegal trade in the marine mollusks extends across… Read more »
