80 Cows Eaten By Lions in Serengeti

Daily News

A PRIDE of some 16 lions has created panic in Serengeti District, Mara Region after eating 80 cows belonging to livestock keepers, prompting wildlife officials to track them down. Read more »

Whatever the Weather - Southern Africa Tries New Hunger Fixes [analysis]

Thomson Reuters Foundation

The WFP says a "silent catastrophe" is playing out in southern Africa where a record 45 million people face growing levels of hunger Read more »

Tantrade - Aflatoxin a Serious Problem

Daily News

MAIZE and groundnuts farmers have been warned on unsafe levels of aflatoxin in crops, a poisonous fungus that threatens their livelihoods and the health of consumers as it may… Read more »

Relief for Farmers As Coffee Prices Rise By 13 Percent

New Times

Coffee farmers will get at least Rwf26 more per kilogramme thanks to the new price set by the National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB). Read more »

Disciplinary Hearing Clears High-Ranking Fisheries Official Accused of Multimillion-Rand Abalone Theft

News24Wire

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has instructed its legal team to launch an application in the Labour Court to review and set aside the findings of a… Read more »

Nigerian Seeks $1 Billion Loan to Boost Mechanised Farming - Minister

Premium Times

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says the federal government will obtain $1 billion from foreign banks to purchase farming equipment for local… Read more »

Kenya Returns 19 Trucks as Uganda Milk Row Deepens

Nation

Kampala. At least 19 trucks carrying powdered and UHT milk have been returned to Uganda or diverted by Kenyan authorities, according to an internal memo by the Uganda Revenue… Read more »

Heads-Up - Making Smileys Has Been in Noluthando Gaika's Family for Four Generations

GroundUp

Gugulethu business is thriving Read more »

Billions of Locusts Swarm Over East Africa

Deutsche Welle

A locust invasion in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has left crops devastated. It is the biggest swarm in decades, with billions of the ravenous insects nibbling their way through the… Read more »

Teff - the Fight Against Biopiracy

Deutsche Welle

A controversial patent on Ethiopia's national cereal teff is about to be terminated -- thanks, in part, to the initiative of a German lawyer. But the problem of biopiracy is far… Read more »

East Africa Faces Locust Swarms, UN Agency Alerts for the Risk of Food Insecurity Across the Subregion

UN News

Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are dealing with desert locust swarms of "unprecedented size and destructive potential" that could spill over into more countries in East Africa, the… Read more »

Kenya Grapples With Limited Resources as Locusts Wreak Havoc

Nation

Strained resources and lack of enough personnel are some of the key challenges in the the government's efforts to contain the locust invasion in 10 counties so far. Read more »

Humanitarian Crisis Reaches Breaking Point [interview]

Zimbabwe Independent

Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis has reached catastrophic levels with thousands of children in the country facing disease and death due to acute malnutrition. A recent report by the… Read more »

Agri-Processing an Ideal Vehicle to Drive Economic Growth in the Northern Cape

Global Africa Network

The agricultural sector plays a vital role in the broader economy of the Northern Cape, employing as it does about 45 000 people. This represents about 16% of employment, a much… Read more »

Floods Threatening Food Security

CAJ News

Heavy rain and floods are threatening the already fragile food security situation in Zambia. Read more »