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AI offers promise for agriculture, but smallholder farmers risk being left behind

Agri Tech

AI offers promise for agriculture, but smallholder farmers risk being left behind

Abiodun Olusola Omotayo and Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso 25 Jun 2026

Source: Süleyman Sahan via

Agriculture

New irrigation plots expand climate-smart farming in Chisumbanje

23 Jul 2025

Precision breeding powers climate resilience in SA

Agriculture

Precision breeding powers climate resilience in SA

15 Jul 2025

FAO: Meat and dairy lift food prices as sugar falls

Commodities & Fairtrade

FAO: Meat and dairy lift food prices as sugar falls

4 Jul 2025

#BestofBiz 2024: Agriculture

Agriculture

#BestofBiz 2024: Agriculture

17 Dec 2024

Back to the future: Reviving sorghum in South Africa

Agriculture

Back to the future: Reviving sorghum in South Africa

Christin Hunter 4 Dec 2024

Source: standret via

Food Security

Climate resilience key to securing South Africa’s food supply

11 Oct 2024

Agriculture

African Agri Investment Indaba targets transformative change in agriculture sector

7 Oct 2024

Malawi farming experiment shows how simple changes can boost maize yields and improve soil

Research & Development

Malawi farming experiment shows how simple changes can boost maize yields and improve soil

Alan Dixon 13 Jun 2024

Food crisis in Africa: The high cost of imported fertilisers is adding to the problem

Food Security

Food crisis in Africa: The high cost of imported fertilisers is adding to the problem

Simon Roberts and Ntombifuthi Tshabalala 26 Jul 2023

China to adopt genetically modified maize and soy: Why it matters for South Africa

Agribusiness

China to adopt genetically modified maize and soy: Why it matters for South Africa

Wandile Sihlobo 17 Jun 2022

Rising atmospheric CO2 may benefit maize crops: first experiment in African conditions

Agro-processing

Rising atmospheric CO2 may benefit maize crops: first experiment in African conditions

Brad Ripley and Susanne Vetter 3 May 2022

How sub-Saharan Africa can rethink its approach to agriculture

Agriculture

How sub-Saharan Africa can rethink its approach to agriculture

Michael Aliber and Wandile Sihlobo 15 Dec 2020

Will Zimbabwe's ambition to notably lift its maize production in 2020/21 materialise?

Agro-processing

Will Zimbabwe's ambition to notably lift its maize production in 2020/21 materialise?

Wandile Sihlobo 7 Sep 2020

Conservation agriculture can boost maize yields

Research & Development

Conservation agriculture can boost maize yields

Engela Duvenage 5 May 2020

Agro-processing

Nigeria surpasses South Africa as sub-Saharan Africa's leading maize producer

Wandile Sihlobo 7 Feb 2019

Boosting R&D capacity for sustainable agriculture

Sustainable Farming

Boosting R&D capacity for sustainable agriculture

Nteranya Sanginga 10 Dec 2018

A brief history of South Africa's maize production

Agriculture

A brief history of South Africa's maize production

Wandile Sihlobo 3 Dec 2018

What latest assessment on global warming means for southern Africa

Climate Change

What latest assessment on global warming means for southern Africa

Mark New 10 Oct 2018

Zimbabwe youths champion organic fertiliser in new social venture

Agriculture

Zimbabwe youths champion organic fertiliser in new social venture

Pius Sawa 5 Jun 2018

Agriculture

Kenyans face bleak year after poor maize, wheat harvests

Barnabas Bii and Stanley Kimuge 5 Jan 2018

Agriculture

Researchers work on drought-tolerant maize for Africa

Sebastian Mhofu 5 Oct 2017

Commodities & Fairtrade

FAO Food Price Index approaching two-year highs

3 Feb 2017

Agriculture

The sweet spot in Africa's agriculture

Maria Andrade 6 Sep 2016

- Simnai and Phillip Tshuma, smallholder farmers from Hwange, Zimbabwe, show off their sorghum crop planted using fertilizers. Photo: Busani Bafana

Agriculture

Innovative use of fertilisers revives hope for Africa's Green Revolution

Busani Bafana 5 Sep 2016

Drought in southern Africa today: a preview of what climate change could bring and how African farmers can adapt

Agriculture

Drought in southern Africa today: a preview of what climate change could bring and how African farmers can adapt

25 Aug 2016

USAID Africa Bureau via

Food Security

Warning against worsening El Nino-related drought

7 Mar 2016

Commodities & Fairtrade

INTL FCStone's Stuart Ponder addresses Africa Breakfast Club

1 Dec 2015

Climate threat to our food

Climate Change

Climate threat to our food

6 Feb 2015

SA's final maize forecast up 1.8% to 11.72m tons

Commodities & Fairtrade

SA's final maize forecast up 1.8% to 11.72m tons

27 Sep 2013

Maize estimate slightly higher

Farming

Maize estimate slightly higher

26 Jul 2013

Farming

Maize futures up amid crop yield doubts

18 Jul 2013

Agriculture

Maize surplus forecast cut sharply

Hopewell Radebe 3 Jul 2012

Import/Export

Maize surplus forecast cut sharply

Hopewell Radebe 29 Jun 2012

Agriculture

SA maize output down 0.6% to 11.056mt

25 May 2012

Food Crisis

Tapping into Africa's hidden food potential

15 Nov 2011