An initiative in Zambia is showing that a profit-seeking company can help rural farmers battling extreme weather breed chickens that lay more eggs.

A group in Dololo Dokatu, Marsabit County, has embraced technology that allows it to use as little water as possible in this ...

The funding for the Double Up Food Bucks program is contingent on whether the U.S. Department of Agriculture approves ... recipients to purchase fruits and vegetables. Committee chair Rep.

After many years in law, she transitioned into business and, in 2012, founded Java Foods, the company behind the Eezee Noodles brand of instant noodles. Today, the company sells more than four million ...

Mini-grids generate electricity for small communities that aren’t on national supply networks — and the economics suggest ...

Diversifying food sources and developing underused, nutrient-rich crops could help combat malnutrition and enhance food ...

While maize remains essential for food security,  sunflower farming is emerging as a game-changer for commercial agriculture ...

A SWARM of red locusts has plagued western Zambia, impacting on maize yields. Limulanga and Sioma districts in the Western Province are the epicentre of the crisis. Rodwel Muntanga, Agriculture ...

Lee Hartline said that having grown up on a Pennsylvania farm, Spangler was an expert cook and food preserver. “She canned her own fruit and vegetables,” said Lee Hartline, “and she just ...

KABWE, ZAMBIA — Bayer AG has opened a €32 million ($34.5 million) maize seed facility in Kabwe, Zambia, that will supply 6.4 million Sub-Saharan African smallholders with high-yielding maize seeds in ...

Malawi’s production also fell (20%), but much less than Zambia’s. Yet the surge in soybean prices in Malawi by 48% between ...

Meanwhile, in a joint initiative between the University of Zambia (UNZA ... key natural farming models, including the Maize A-Grade Model, Groundnut A-Grade Model, Vegetable A-Grade Model ...