Horticulture / Agriculture

Julien Ochala can’t live without his morning cup of Joe. But not just any coffee will do. For the past five years, the 37-year-old physiology lecturer at King’s College London …

A few years after extreme drought forced South Africa to import 2.2 million tonnes of corn the country is set to return to being a net exporter of the grain …

“It, therefore, has no business importing rice to the value of $400 million annually. “Ghana absolutely has no business at all importing rice. You are spending US$400 million a year …

A few years after extreme drought forced South Africa to import 2.2 million tonnes of corn the country is set to return to being a net exporter of the grain …

In efforts to diversify the nation’s economy from the oil to non-oil sectors like agriculture and solid minerals, the Federal Government has set a target of 500,000 metric tonnes (MT) …

The Ghana National Sesame Business Farmers’ Association (GNSBFA) has called on the Government to reduce the high taxes placed on the exportation of sesame to neighbouring countries. The farmers, drawn …

Zambia has set aside 100,000 tonnes of maize for export to East Africa and other countries in the Great Lakes region, with the bulk of the corn destined for Kenya, …

A huge international interest in Ethiopia’s horticulture development sector is said to be the major factor for the Ethiopian government to allocate the reported 3,000 hectares of land dedicated to …

Despite South Africa’s bleak macro-economic outlook and political turmoil, there is at least one thing consumers can smile about – food is set to become cheaper thanks to a record-breaking …

South African farmers have managed to produce 10.6million tons of maize during the first eleven weeks of harvesting. The farmers are only 5.03million tons shy of the 15.63million tons projected …