Locally-owned African seed companies participating in a programme to offer high-yield crop varieties to smallholder farmers across the continent have collectively become the largest seed producers in ...

There is fear among the media, the public, as well as bishops, that new seed varieties will make African farmers economically dependent on seed companies. This possibility is applicable not only to ...

Contributions of seeds from Chad and Nigeria are among 30,000 specimens recently transported to Norway and deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It is the latest collection of seeds from the ...

Seeds from 19 species of African trees have been added to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. The trees were selected by the World Agroforestry Center for their value to communities across ...

Since she started farming, Amirah Mitchell has sought to honor past generations of Black growers who worked the land before her. At the heart of her journey has been a desire to cultivate and save ...

Hyderabad: Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Thursday said the Indo-African Seed Summit in the city will strengthen agricultural partnerships between India and African nations. Speaking at ...

In line with the African Union (AU) Extraordinary Summit on the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), hosted by the Government of Uganda in Kampala, USAID announced a ...

CATANDICA, Mozambique – Peter Waziweyi is bouncing around the lush countryside of Mozambique in his 30-year-old truck, visiting his customers' maize fields and relishing the sight of their rich, ...