Labor shortages and subsidies are accelerating mechanization, boosting compact tractors, precision sprayers, rentals, PAYG financing and digital services despite weak after-sales networks. Africa ...

AgDevCo Ventures has reached a $49 million first close to provide financing to early-stage farming and food-processing companies in East Africa. The investment vehicle plans to make investments of $1 ...

Filly Mangassa, left, and Mamadou Camara, who are part of a growing trend of young Africans moving to rural areas for better work opportunities, throw peanut plants on a pile on a farm in Tambacounda, ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at will – has been the main form of livestock production. It has been a source ...

Whether or not the Strait of Hormuz reopens for shipping at pre-war levels following a ceasefire that has repeatedly frayed since June, the damage is already done for millions of African farmers.The ...

Trucks lining outside a container yard in Cape Town, South Africa. Infrastructure backlogs are a threat to food exports. Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images via Getty Images For most agricultural ...

A likely renewal of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, with South Africa’s continued inclusion, is a positive step that ...

South Africa's agriculture remains an important sector of the economy and holds great potential to reduce poverty. It's also central to the political economy of the country, as evident in the ...

When Africa’s heads of state gather for the African Union summit later this month, a leading item on their agenda is to determine the policies that will shape an agricultural market projected to be ...

A Seed Savers Network seed bank in Gilgil, Kenya. The Kenyan NGO Seed Savers Network works with smallholder farmers on seed access, traditional crop varieties, and biodiversity. (Photo by James ...

In this article, African Climate Foundation agriculture researcher Malik Dasoo writes about the benefits of regenerative agriculture and how it can transform farming in Africa. Regenerative ...