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Eighty million hectares of arable land. Less than ten percent currently cultivated. The Democratic Republic of Congo imports food it should be exporting. On the morning of 27 August, the DRC Investment Forum will dedicate a half-day to answering one question: how do you turn the world’s last great agricultural frontier into a working breadbasket? […]
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Momentum Group Foundation placed its Women in Farming programme centre stage when the Mzansi Young Farmers Indaba convened recently in Pretoria. Widely regarded as Africa’s foremost platform for young farmers and agripreneurs, the Indaba offered a dynamic space for learning, networking and opportunity creation. Across two days, delegates attended keynote addresses, technical workshops, panel discussions […]
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The pan-African agriculture event will be hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the first time in 2026. ● The South African agricultural market (valued at USD 0.94 billion in 2026) is forecast to grow at a 6.6% CAGR to USD 1.29 billion by 2031, driven by NDP-aligned subsidies, IoT/smart machinery adoption, smallholder programmes (mechanisation to 85% […]
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By Dr. Fentahun Mengistu, Country Director, Sasakawa Africa Association – Ethiopia On the outskirts of rural Ethiopia, a farmer tests a new seed variety under erratic rainfall. She is not watching policy documents or global summits. She is watching her harvest. And standing between her risk and her reward is one person: the agricultural extension […]
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