The country will stop importing wheat by 2016 as it turns to developing the agriculture sector at a time where the budget for importing food is reaching an all time high. Read more »
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization released a study on “energy-smart” which shows how improving energy can help the world's food production system. Read more »
Residents living near Muziba irrigation scheme in the central province of Zambezia, are selling fish caught using soil contaminated with obsolete pesticides. Read more »
Small-scale farmers in Sao Tome are benefiting from entering niche markets by building new partnerships, according to an IFAD representative. Read more »
An invasive new disease that destroyed maize crops and caused irreparable economic damage is a threat to food security and should be declared a national disaster, according to ... Read more »
The World Bank has approved U.S.$120 million for the financing of food production and spreading of new agricultural technologies in the region. Read more »
The G8 leaders have tasked the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa to strengthen Africa's seed sector. Read more »
The traditional root could catapult into the mainstream of crop science when stakeholders meet at a conference aimed at maximising the crop's potential in the face of climate ... Read more »
Implementing organic agricultural practices will have major benefits for the continent's nutritional and environmental needs as well as creating jobs, experts say. Read more »
The issue of contract farming has the cotton industry in limbo following the uncertainity of contract farming in the country's third largest exporting sector. Read more »
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