Denmark will not extend a ban on mink breeding when the current ban expires at the…
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Ugandan farmers benefit from using natural fertilizers
The sight of larvae might not be for everyone, but 30-year-old Scovia Namataka does not mind the wiggling…
UN Announces Food Aid for 700,000 Desperate Zimbabweans
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) indicated on Tuesday that it had partnered with the government…
SA hit by possible ‘opportunistic’ sunflower oil price hikes
South Africa has seen possible ‘opportunistic’ increases in the price of sunflower oil, the Competition Commission…
African Leaders demand action On ‘broken promises’ at Climate Adaptation Summit
African and international leaders came together in Rotterdam this week to call on industrialized nations to…
MUSHROOM GROWING GAINING GROUNDS IN CAMEROON
Grilled on skewers, dried or used as hair oil: in Bafoussam, in western Cameroon, farmers are…
PROPOSED NEW LEGISLATION COULD ‘SAVE SA’S ICONIC SPECIES’
The White Paper proposes legislation for the management of South Africa’s iconic species: lions, elephants, rhinos and…
PIG BREEDERS IN CHINA GO HIGH-TECH TO IMPROVE GENETICS
In a market that produces almost 700 million pigs a year, breeding pigs that have larger…
CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE BENEFITS ZAMBIAN FARMERS
Some 5 000 farmers in Mufumbwe District in Zambia’s North-Western Province have profited from climate-smart agriculture…
Genetically modified tomatoes contain more Vitamin D
Scientists have found a way to edit the genetic makeup of tomatoes to become a robust…