The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has identified low public awareness, widespread misinformation and ...

South Africa’s biggest farming lobby said the nation’s rural roads are in a state of “crisis” and is working with government organizations to improve them and keep agricultural goods moving. About 60% ...

We know where the jobs are, and we know our young people are eager to work. So why aren’t we connecting the dots?

The world has to feed a growing population with the same area of land and less water. Irrigation is key to managing this problem. A 10-year project called Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa ...

When world leaders engage, the assumption is always that they engage on issues based on verified facts, which their administrative staff are supposed to prepare. Under this assumption, we thought the ...

The Korean government’s rice assistance program for African nations, aimed at improving local food security, has entered its ...

Many of the challenges confronting the sector today are already well documented and deeply familiar to farmers and ...

As fertiliser prices rise and supply chains falter, farmers across Africa are facing a stark calculation: plant without fertiliser and risk failure, or absorb costs that may not be recoverable. In ...

In a seemingly desolate landscape near a farm, rows of white crosses stand starkly against the earth, each representing a life lost. These crosses, numbering nearly 3,000, form the Witkruis Monument, ...

When I was a boy growing up in KwaBhaca in the Eastern Cape, springtime didn’t arrive with a date on a calendar. The land told you. Suddenly, there were daisies across the hills. Yellow, orange and ...

Law enforcers inspect a spaza shop in Soweto, South Africa, after the death of six children from a pesticide. Getty Images South Africa’s townships – urban areas created for black people under ...