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No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Agro-processing

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Ratemo Michieka 7 Feb 2022

A common soil pesticide cut wild bee reproduction by 89% - here's why scientists are worried

Agriculture

A common soil pesticide cut wild bee reproduction by 89% - here's why scientists are worried

Philip Donkersley 3 Mar 2021

The future of AI in agriculture

IoT

The future of AI in agriculture

29 May 2019

Using Smart Agriculture-as-a-Service to secure tomorrow's food supplies

Technology

Using Smart Agriculture-as-a-Service to secure tomorrow's food supplies

11 Apr 2019

Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

Sustainable Farming

Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

John F. Tooker 28 Jun 2018

FAO, Pennsylvania State University develops new app to combat crop pest infestation in Africa

Agriculture

FAO, Pennsylvania State University develops new app to combat crop pest infestation in Africa

25 Jun 2018

Agriculture

The secret agents protecting our crops and gardens

Lizzy Lowe & Manu Saunders 15 May 2018

Fall armyworm. Sevgan Subramanian. Image Source:

Agriculture

Exploring the best tactics to combat Fall armyworm outbreaks in Africa

Saliou Niassy, Sevgan Subramanian 10 May 2018

The cotton bollworm is hybridizing with the corn earworm in ways that could result in a damaging mega-pest (Credit: CSIRO)

Agriculture

Two major crop scourges are hybridising to produce a new mega-pest

Rich Haridy 10 Apr 2018

Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods

Agriculture

Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 22 Mar 2018

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

Agriculture

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

16 Mar 2018

Agriculture

Fighting Fall armyworm? There's an app for that

15 Mar 2018

Tigana chileshe via

Agriculture

Fighting FAW: Guide to help Africa tackle Fall armyworm head-on

19 Feb 2018

Agriculture

Kenyans face bleak year after poor maize, wheat harvests

Barnabas Bii and Stanley Kimuge 5 Jan 2018

Tigana chileshe via

Agriculture

SADC needs armyworm control funds

Elita Chikwati 13 Dec 2017

Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide - and that's not good

Agriculture

Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide - and that's not good

Karl Zimmerer 1 Dec 2017

SA entomopathogenic nematodes effectively kill fungus gnat pests

Agriculture

SA entomopathogenic nematodes effectively kill fungus gnat pests

17 Nov 2017

Agriculture

Mealybug can destroy your citrus crop

Gys Helm 2 Nov 2017

Stephen Ausmus via - Bemisia tabaci, Africa’s main cassava insect pest

Agriculture

Africa's most notorious insects: The bugs that hit agriculture the hardest

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 5 Sep 2017

Mystery 'Cyclone' invader a growing headache for Zimbabwe

Sustainable Farming

Mystery 'Cyclone' invader a growing headache for Zimbabwe

Andrew Mambondiyani 6 Oct 2016

Toyota assists in identifying alien species in Cape

Automotive

Toyota assists in identifying alien species in Cape

23 Apr 2012