Women make up 43 percent of the global agricultural workforce. The rate is even higher here in Africa, where women are ...

By Aimable Twahirwa The agriculture sector’s adaptation to climate change in Africa remains severely underfunded, say ...

Most African agricultural exports, however, go to non-African markets, requiring infrastructure and logistics investments to ...

Farming has long been seen as low-status work across much of Africa, pushing young people to cities in search of office jobs ...

Last week the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) turned global. Some 10,000 people from around the world, three times the normal attendance, watched and participated. There were several hundred ...

There are a few critical policy areas that could have significant positive spinoffs to South Africa’s agricultural growth if implemented effectively. The prioritisation of implementation itself wou ...

Agriculture is the backbone of Africa’s economy, playing a crucial role in employment, food security, and economic development. However, the continent is at a critical juncture, facing rapid ...

The dreaded crop-eating fall armyworm continues to spread across Africa like wildfire. This invasive insect pest, first reported in Africa in early 2016, is in more than 20 African countries including ...

Rates of hunger in Africa are unacceptably high and getting worse. The UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 report reveals that food insecurity in Africa is the highest of any ...

The year 2025 was a generally good year for South Africa’s agriculture and the broader farming sector. We emerged from a drought and heatwave in 2024 and saw excellent harvests of crops, fruits, an ...

On October 21, 2025, on the sidelines of the Financial Times Africa Summit in London, I sat with the CNBC folks for a broad conversation about South African and Southern African agricultural ...