Fresh efforts are being made to increase the share of black ownership in South Africa's agricultural sector. This follows decades of missteps and badly designed interventions that have failed to significantly change the ownership ...
Agriculture
Sep 20, 2023
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Digital tools such as satellite text alerts are helping Africa's smallholder farmers to increase productivity, even when there is a lack of on-the-ground farm advice, according to Daniel Elger, CEO of the Centre for Agricultural ...
Agriculture
Sep 8, 2023
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A new study finds that standalone solar photovoltaic irrigation systems have the potential to meet more than a third of the water needs for crops in small-scale farms across sub-Saharan Africa.
Biotechnology
Aug 23, 2023
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Local communities are not incentivized to protect tropical forests that are hugely valuable for global climate regulation, a new study has found. But international funding could help smallholder farmers to boost yields on ...
Environment
Aug 17, 2023
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Cadmium naturally occurs in the soil of much of Latin America's cacao farms, and is absorbed by the plants. With EU regulations restricting the amount of cadmium allowed in chocolate imports, it is important for farmers to ...
Ecology
Aug 2, 2023
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An invasion of apple snail could be "disastrous" for rice production and food security in Kenya as well as other rice growing regions across Africa, according to a new CABI-led study published in the journal Pest Management ...
Ecology
Jul 17, 2023
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Artificial intelligence tools can be found in nearly every sector of society and are quickly becoming this century's great technological advancement. In the agriculture sector, large-scale farming operations are utilizing ...
Biotechnology
Jun 12, 2023
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Two flood-resistant rice varieties are helping farmers in Africa to improve productivity, with huge potential returns for countries affected by climate change, agricultural food experts say.
Agriculture
May 16, 2023
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Most smallholder farmers surveyed in Uganda believe they can reduce damage caused by the fall armyworm with several management and control options available to help them mitigate the impacts of the potentially devastating ...
Ecology
Apr 25, 2023
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Unlike large-acreage government irrigation schemes, small-scale irrigation is typically farmer led. Farmers decide what technologies to use to extract water, be it manual lifting or solar water pumps. They also choose the ...
Agriculture
Apr 19, 2023
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