Farming

How Digital Technologies Can Help Africa’s Smallholder Farmers

Digitisation could change the game for agriculture in Africa. That’s a key message in a report  recently released by an international institution that enhances smallholder farming in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.The Centre fo...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Small efforts can protect farmers from pesticides. Insights from Zambia

Vegetable production, tomato production in particular, is an important source of income for many smallholder farmers in Zambia. It can provide them with gross margins that are much higher than maize, the dominant field crop. But these hi...

Joseph Goeb ·over 3 years ago

Minister Didiza to host Foot and Mouth disease management and market access information Day

The country is battling the outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in provinces of Limpopo, Free-state, Northwest, KZN and Gauteng and this disease is concentrated in the farming and communal areas of these provinces

DALRRD Media·over 1 year ago

Cannabis is illegal in Nigeria but provides a living for families - study calls for rethink of drug laws

Arriving at the tranquil village health facility in southwestern Nigeria, we were met by a small gathering of men – young and old – with thinly veiled excitement.

Gernot Klantschnig Associate Professor in International Criminology, University of Bristol·8 months ago

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