Crop insurance firm cuts risk for South African farmers: CEO of Mobbisurance, Kudzai Kutuwa Photo: Edelman South Africa A start-up using satellite imagery to substantially cut crop insurance costs for South African smallholder farmers will be receiving a major boost from global social impact programme Expo Live, run by organisers of the next World Expo, Expo 2020 Dubai. More … [Read more...] about Crop insurance firm cuts risk for South African farmers
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Why merely owning land isn’t enough to empower Africa’s women farmers | The Conversation
Why merely owning land isn't enough to empower Africa's women farmers: A woman harvests groundnuts in Malawi. Land ownership does not automatically empower women. ILRI/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SAIn the agricultural sector – the major employer for poor people in Africa – assets like land and livestock are owned and controlled mainly by men. It makes sense, then, that many donors, … [Read more...] about Why merely owning land isn’t enough to empower Africa’s women farmers | The Conversation
Why clashes are on the rise between farmers and herdsmen in the Sahel | The Conversation
Why clashes are on the rise between farmers and herdsmen in the Sahel: Pastoralists on a dry plain in central Mali, one of the seven Sahel countries hit by a wave of deadly attacks. EPA/Nic BothmaAs fireworks were lighting up the skies to usher in the New Year across the world, gunfire was echoing out in Nigeria’s Benue State. On this night alone, 73 people were killed and … [Read more...] about Why clashes are on the rise between farmers and herdsmen in the Sahel | The Conversation
SA News: Farmers association calls for meeting with department about Zuma cattle ‘gift’
Farmers association calls for meeting with department about Zuma cattle 'gift': The African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) says it believes it is wrong for anyone to be receiving support that is meant for emerging farmers. AFASA made this comment following a report by the Sunday Times that a herd of cattle costing R1.5 ... Source: "South Africa" - … [Read more...] about SA News: Farmers association calls for meeting with department about Zuma cattle ‘gift’
Western Cape farmers look with hope to the skies as heavy rainfall predicted
Western Cape farmers look with hope to the skies as heavy rainfall predicted: Some citrus and wheat farmers in the drought-stricken Western Cape say they are optimistic that winter will bring the solid rainfall they need. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News Parly to probe Gupta family's naturalisation process: Processes followed by the Home Affairs Department in … [Read more...] about Western Cape farmers look with hope to the skies as heavy rainfall predicted
