Rwanda’s Gabiro Agribusiness Hub is emerging as a flagship model for large-scale, irrigated agriculture. Backed by major public and private investment, the hub is driving commercial farming, job creation and food security—while offering a replicable blueprint for agribusiness development across Africa.
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Thousands of Woolworths frontline employees in the retailer’s stores and distribution centres now have access to private, day-to-day medical care, including general practitioners, dentists, optometrists, and acute and chronic medication, facilitated through the Momentum Health4Me Gold programme.
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The world has to feed a growing population with the same area of land and less water. Irrigation is key to managing this problem. A 10-year project called Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa focused on capacity constraints on schemes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe and how to solve them. This led to a new project which uses small-scale irrigation schemes as learning sites for circular food systems.
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aBi Development has unveiled an ambitious strategic framework aimed at fostering climate-resilient, green, and inclusive agro-industrial growth in Uganda by 2028.
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Vanilla Vida – an Israeli startup addressing the vast mismatch between supply and demand in the natural vanilla market – has announced its first scaled harvest of vanilla plants grown via an indoor farming system that halves the time from planting to bloom and delivers higher yields of vanillin.
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Agriculture has transformed dramatically, moving from simple tools to sophisticated systems that enhance efficiency, productivity, sustainability, and quality. At the forefront of this transformation is Dutoit, a leading farming, packing, and marketing enterprise. Celebrating 130 years of leadership in South African agriculture, Dutoit has spent the past five years rigorously researching and partnering with innovative companies to identify the most impactful technologies for their pome and stone fruit production.
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AgDevCo in equity investment deal with Agris for growth of fresh-food production and distribution in East Africa
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Ethics Drive Production and Profitability at Fair Cape Dairies DO THE RIGHT THING. It’s a simple philosophy and a big commitment. For Fair Cape Dairies, doing the right thing means maintaining the highest possible animal welfare and environmental standards while stewarding social progress in South African communities. The power of this core value is a driving force […]
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Dragonfruit, bananas and piquanté peppers complement Eswatini sugarcane farm
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Pecan farming is still in its infancy in South Africa, but with the global demand for nuts increasing, more producers are seeing opportunities to diversify their farms with pecans. Lindi Botha spoke to seasoned Gauteng-based pecan farmer Albert Bouwmeester Jnr about how he gets the most from his pecan orchard.
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