Tag: Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: The East African Community has developed an action plan to tackle post-harvest losses in its six member states. Pursuing best practices in contract farming, productivity and inputs are ...

If Mzansi were to fight the effects of climate change for the sake of future generations, we'll need an "enabling envrionment", says agri minister Thoko Didiza. She spoke at a ...

This weeks’ agricultural calendar features food system transformation talks, food insecurity in Africa, export opportunities, environmentally important shrubs growing wild, and an international conference on multifunctional agriculture. E-mail info@foodformzansi.co.za to ...

Conflict, political strain, Covid-19, a changing climate, growing global population and rising food prices are having a significant impact on food security in Africa.

The tobacco industry is notoriously difficult to enter. Jabulani Tembe, a tobacco farmer for the last six years and secretary of the Black Farmers Tobacco Association (BAFTA), tells listeners to ...

Fish farming, or aquaculture, is a big hype in South Africa right now. With fish being considered more sustainable protein, in terms of health, affordability and environmental impact, it’s no wonder we are seeing a surge ...

Today the world marks World Food Day, an event that aims to address global hunger and strives to eradicate insufficient nutrition across the world. Agriculture has come to the fore ...