The director of agricultural development for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Development Program, Sam Dryden, says poli Read more »
The importance of smallholder farmers to communities, ecosystems and even food security is often underplayed, as allAfrica discussed in an interview with Gates Foundation's ... Read more »
The first International Conference on Ethiopian Coffee has been held in Addis Ababa with the aim of enhancing the country's coffee presence on the international stage. Read more »
The United Nations says Nigeria will need U.S.$38 million to help two million people made homeless by deadly floods that have ravaged the country. Read more »
Naivasha residents are in shock over 43 donkeys that were slaughtered and the meat sold out. Read more »
Fungi and other microbes could provide a quicker and cheaper way of promoting crop growth in difficult conditions, microbiologists say. Read more »
The restoration of a farm that bore the scars of ethnic violence 20 years ago has renewed faith in the journey towards peace and development in the Democratic Republic of Congo's ... Read more »
New guidelines have been issued by the government to ensure fair competition among rice distributors in the country. Read more »
Africa incurs huge losses in international trade due to food safety issues, prompting the establishment of a continental body that will boost trade and avert disease. Read more »
A new World Bank report says that farmers can potentially grow enough food to feed the continent and avert future food crises if countries remove cross-border restrictions on the ... Read more »
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