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Zimbabwe scraps the death penalty – tracking the path to abolition

Carolyn Hoyle and Parvais Jabbar

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

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Source: © Ollivier Girad/CIFOR-ICRAF Fifty-eight ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as able to provide healthy diets in a changing climate

Africa’s ‘forgotten’ foods research wins prestigious US Cozzarelli Prize

16 May 2024

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

By Theo Evans and Bruce Webber 16 Feb 2024

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Image: FAO/G.Tortoli

FAO, partners' high-tech response to help win fight against desert locust swarms

11 May 2021

Zimbabwe's horticultural sector blooms

Zimbabwe's horticultural sector blooms

Elita Chikwati 7 May 2021

Michel Doukeris to succeed Carlos Brito as AB InBev CEO

Michel Doukeris to succeed Carlos Brito as AB InBev CEO

6 May 2021

International food prices continue to rise in April

International food prices continue to rise in April

6 May 2021

Global citrus market holds strong despite Covid crisis

Global citrus market holds strong despite Covid crisis

6 May 2021

Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers

Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers

29 Apr 2021

Food Lover’s Market CEO Brian Coppin with TVMA founder Mmabatho Portia Morudi

The Village Market Africa triumphs in Food Lover's Seeds of Change initiative

28 Apr 2021

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

Abdul-Rahim Abdulai, Carling Bieg, Evan Fraser and Sarah Marquis 16 Apr 2021

Heineken sets goal to be carbon neutral in production by 2030

Heineken sets goal to be carbon neutral in production by 2030

15 Apr 2021

Global coffee market enjoys ongoing growth despite pandemic

13 Apr 2021

Global food prices rise for 10th consecutive month

Global food prices rise for 10th consecutive month

8 Apr 2021

Is that a good egg? How chocolate makers rate on social and environmental measures

Is that a good egg? How chocolate makers rate on social and environmental measures

John Dumay and James Guthrie 6 Apr 2021

Farming fish in fresh water is more affordable and sustainable than in the ocean

Farming fish in fresh water is more affordable and sustainable than in the ocean

Ben Belton, Dave Little and Wenbo Zhang 30 Mar 2021

RCL in joint venture to scale plant-based food market in Africa

RCL in joint venture to scale plant-based food market in Africa

18 Mar 2021

To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho

To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho

Friederike Otto and Jasper Verschuur 16 Mar 2021

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Nestlé Hatcher platform invites collaboration with African innovators

15 Mar 2021

Scaling up bioenergy production could substantially raise water stress - new study

Scaling up bioenergy production could substantially raise water stress - new study

12 Mar 2021

How Cabo Verde indigenous beans could boost food security

How Cabo Verde indigenous beans could boost food security

Anyse Sofia Fernandes Pereira Essoh 11 Mar 2021

Experts point ways to better crops and farmer incomes

Experts point ways to better crops and farmer incomes

5 Mar 2021

Global food price index rises for 9th consecutive month

Global food price index rises for 9th consecutive month

4 Mar 2021

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

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

Philip Donkersley 3 Mar 2021

SA venture to benefit from new Mondelez impact investing platform

SA venture to benefit from new Mondelez impact investing platform

25 Feb 2021

Why it pays to link products to places - and how African countries can do it

Why it pays to link products to places - and how African countries can do it

Samuel Samiai Andrews 24 Feb 2021

Farmers fight back: Making animal feed from a locust plague

Farmers fight back: Making animal feed from a locust plague

Baz Ratner 23 Feb 2021

Technology and supermarket chains can help strengthen southern Africa's food systems

Thando Vilakazi and Namhla Landani 16 Feb 2021

Ethan Brown, Beyond Meat founder. Credit: Beyond Meat

PepsiCo and Beyond Meat partner to develop plant-based snacks

27 Jan 2021

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response

Jules Siedenburg and John Paul Cauchi 26 Jan 2021

Flare-up of ASF with more than 100 new cases worldwide

Flare-up of ASF with more than 100 new cases worldwide

21 Jan 2021

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Garlic exports a golden opportunity for Zim farmers

19 Jan 2021

PepsiCo aims for net-zero emissions by 2040

PepsiCo aims for net-zero emissions by 2040

18 Jan 2021

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Image: FAO/G.Tortoli

FAO, partners' high-tech response to help win fight against desert locust swarms

11 May 2021

Zimbabwe's horticultural sector blooms

Zimbabwe's horticultural sector blooms

Elita Chikwati 7 May 2021

Michel Doukeris to succeed Carlos Brito as AB InBev CEO

Michel Doukeris to succeed Carlos Brito as AB InBev CEO

6 May 2021

International food prices continue to rise in April

International food prices continue to rise in April

6 May 2021

Global citrus market holds strong despite Covid crisis

Global citrus market holds strong despite Covid crisis

6 May 2021

Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers

Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers

29 Apr 2021

Food Lover’s Market CEO Brian Coppin with TVMA founder Mmabatho Portia Morudi

The Village Market Africa triumphs in Food Lover's Seeds of Change initiative

28 Apr 2021

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

Abdul-Rahim Abdulai, Carling Bieg, Evan Fraser and Sarah Marquis 16 Apr 2021

Heineken sets goal to be carbon neutral in production by 2030

Heineken sets goal to be carbon neutral in production by 2030

15 Apr 2021

Global coffee market enjoys ongoing growth despite pandemic

13 Apr 2021

Global food prices rise for 10th consecutive month

Global food prices rise for 10th consecutive month

8 Apr 2021

Is that a good egg? How chocolate makers rate on social and environmental measures

Is that a good egg? How chocolate makers rate on social and environmental measures

John Dumay and James Guthrie 6 Apr 2021

Farming fish in fresh water is more affordable and sustainable than in the ocean

Farming fish in fresh water is more affordable and sustainable than in the ocean

Ben Belton, Dave Little and Wenbo Zhang 30 Mar 2021

RCL in joint venture to scale plant-based food market in Africa

RCL in joint venture to scale plant-based food market in Africa

18 Mar 2021

To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho

To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho

Friederike Otto and Jasper Verschuur 16 Mar 2021

Credit: Bruno via Pexels

Nestlé Hatcher platform invites collaboration with African innovators

15 Mar 2021

Scaling up bioenergy production could substantially raise water stress - new study

Scaling up bioenergy production could substantially raise water stress - new study

12 Mar 2021

How Cabo Verde indigenous beans could boost food security

How Cabo Verde indigenous beans could boost food security

Anyse Sofia Fernandes Pereira Essoh 11 Mar 2021

Experts point ways to better crops and farmer incomes

Experts point ways to better crops and farmer incomes

5 Mar 2021

Global food price index rises for 9th consecutive month

Global food price index rises for 9th consecutive month

4 Mar 2021

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

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

Philip Donkersley 3 Mar 2021

SA venture to benefit from new Mondelez impact investing platform

SA venture to benefit from new Mondelez impact investing platform

25 Feb 2021

Why it pays to link products to places - and how African countries can do it

Why it pays to link products to places - and how African countries can do it

Samuel Samiai Andrews 24 Feb 2021

Farmers fight back: Making animal feed from a locust plague

Farmers fight back: Making animal feed from a locust plague

Baz Ratner 23 Feb 2021

Technology and supermarket chains can help strengthen southern Africa's food systems

Thando Vilakazi and Namhla Landani 16 Feb 2021

Ethan Brown, Beyond Meat founder. Credit: Beyond Meat

PepsiCo and Beyond Meat partner to develop plant-based snacks

27 Jan 2021

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response

Jules Siedenburg and John Paul Cauchi 26 Jan 2021

Flare-up of ASF with more than 100 new cases worldwide

Flare-up of ASF with more than 100 new cases worldwide

21 Jan 2021

Mike Kenneally via

Garlic exports a golden opportunity for Zim farmers

19 Jan 2021

PepsiCo aims for net-zero emissions by 2040

PepsiCo aims for net-zero emissions by 2040

18 Jan 2021

Mutant roots reveal how we can grow crops in damaged soils

Mutant roots reveal how we can grow crops in damaged soils

Malcolm Bennett, Bipin Pandey and Sacha Mooney 18 Jan 2021

New mangrove forest mapping tool puts conservation in reach of coastal communities

New mangrove forest mapping tool puts conservation in reach of coastal communities

Trevor Gareth Jones 15 Jan 2021

Demand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil - changing the soy industry could stop it

Demand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil - changing the soy industry could stop it

Angela Guerrero and Malika Virah-Sawmy 4 Jan 2021

New research examines impact of climate change on health effects related to pesticide exposure

New research examines impact of climate change on health effects related to pesticide exposure

28 Dec 2020

FAO seeks funds as Desert Locust swarms threaten food security in Africa, Yemen

FAO seeks funds as Desert Locust swarms threaten food security in Africa, Yemen

23 Dec 2020

Almost 90% of the world's animal species will lose some habitat to agriculture by 2050

Almost 90% of the world's animal species will lose some habitat to agriculture by 2050

David Williams and Michael Clark 22 Dec 2020

Bizcommunity's festive thank you to the SA business community

Bizcommunity's festive thank you to the SA business community

Bizcommunity.com 18 Dec 2020

Global agriculture trade remains steady through pandemic

Global agriculture trade remains steady through pandemic

Jaclyn Krymowski 11 Dec 2020

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Singapore approves cell-cultured chicken bites - who will be the first to try them?

Chris Bryant 7 Dec 2020

New test for Johne's disease could be a game-changer

New test for Johne's disease could be a game-changer

4 Dec 2020