DURBAN – Hope mingled with stark reality in Durban this past Friday as South Africa played host to the G20 agriculture working group’s food security task force. Against the backdrop of KwaZulu-Natal’s lush landscape, world leaders and agricultural gurus grappled with the gnawing global imbalance in access to food, with a fervent plea for policies […]
Pretoria – Social media was abuzz this week with claims of a South African ban on Tanzanian agricultural products, sending ripples of concern through the region. However, investigations reveal the tempest in a teacup centres on a fruit that barely registers in South Africa’s import statistics: the humble banana. Despite the online furore, authorities in […]
Dodoma, Tanzania – In a dramatic escalation of a burgeoning trade dispute, Tanzania has retaliated against South Africa and Malawi by imposing an immediate and comprehensive ban on all agricultural imports from the two Southern African nations. The bold move, announced late Wednesday by a resolute Minister for Agriculture Hussein Bashe, comes after Pretoria and […]
Pretoria, Gauteng – South Africa is bracing for a high-stakes showdown with the United States over swingeing tariffs slapped on its agricultural exports by the current occupant of the White House. Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen minced no words this week, revealing a frantic two-pronged strategy to either dramatically slash the punitive 30% levy – ideally […]
Johannesburg: As the global population hurtles towards a staggering 10 billion by 2050, the pressure on our already strained food systems is reaching critical levels. Experts predict a necessary 60% surge in food production within the next few decades, a monumental challenge for a world where smallholder farmers, the backbone of food production, often struggle […]
Nairobi, Kenya: A ground-breaking initiative to transform livestock breeding across Africa has been launched, promising to unlock the vast genetic potential of the continent’s animal resources. The African Animal Breeding Network (AABNet), a collaborative platform for animal breeding professionals, was unveiled with considerable fanfare during the recent inaugural CGIAR Science Week in Nairobi. The launch […]
Abuja, Nigeria: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged African nations to embrace groundbreaking strategies to confront the continent’s escalating irrigation and water management crisis. His call to action came in a message delivered to the 6th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage, currently underway in Abuja, where experts, policymakers, and stakeholders have convened under […]
Four years into the grand experiment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the chorus of voices celebrating its transformative potential for the continent’s economic fortunes and developmental goals remains strong. Yet, in that same period, the world has been battered by a relentless succession of crises, leaving no region untouched – least of […]
Jozini, KwaZulu-Natal: A hundred smallholder farmers in the remote Jozini region of KwaZulu-Natal are sowing the seeds of a brighter future thanks to a collaborative initiative that will enable them to become suppliers of herbs and spices to global consumer goods giant Unilever. The Jozini Smallholder Farmer Programme, a partnership among the national Department of […]
Nairobi, Kenya: A significant boost for livestock health across Africa is on the horizon with the establishment of a groundbreaking Animal Health Innovation Hub at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) campus in Nairobi. This strategic partnership between ILRI and global animal health giant Ceva Santé Animale (Ceva) promises to inject vital innovation, research, and […]
