Farming & Agriculture

Coffee lovers, raise your mugs! While your morning latte might hail from distant lands, the true coffee connoisseur knows the origin story begins in Ethiopia. This East African nation boasts a heritage intertwined with the very bean, and sipping Ethiopian coffee is...

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, early settlers who decided to settle in the lands of Israel faced a huge challenge: how to farm in conditions of sweltering heat and minimal rainfall.  The land was catastrophically barren, but the desire to make this area...

All war affects geopolitics and has a direct impact on global economics by reshaping demand and supply. From an international trade perspective, the current Russia-Ukraine dispute has created opportunity for largest African agricultural commodity exporters like South...

One man’s meat is another men’s poison. This phrase came so close to its literal meaning in the donkey business recently established in Africa. While many are grossed out by just the thought of eating donkey meat, some consider it a delicacy. This phenomenon only...

In Tanzania, the wood and furniture industry comprise categories such as sawmilling and planning of wood, veneer sheets and wood-based panels, builders' carpentry and joinery, wooden containers, other wood products, and furniture.   This is an extract from a white...

In 2019, the Government of Kenya developed and deployed the 10-year Agricultural Sector Growth and Transformation Strategy (ASTGS), and these are the extracts from the executive summary;   Agricultural transformation is a decades-long process which involves...

South Africa is a diverse agricultural economy made up of 40,000 commercial farms according to the recently published Census of Commercial Agriculture (CoCA) of 2017 Report. An agricultural powerhouse that feeds Africa, its economic health affects many other countries...

(Zambia) - Coffee, just like copper, is a Zambian economic strength, that, if fully exploited, will not only grow the economy, but carve a space in the global economy for the country as does copper production. Zambia is a coffee producing country with the potential to...

According to FAO, the world has 1.468 billion head of cattle, and Botswana has 2.5 million of that herd, and it is estimated to account for less than 2% of Botswana's GDP. On the other hand, Botswana is a cattle country dating back to pre-colonialism, and its...

(Zimbabwe) - Meet Stella Masukume, in the middle of her field of cabbages almost ready for the market. She is a farmer in Nyabira, a farming community just outside Harare on your way to Chinhoyi. She grows vegetables, maize, beans, tobacco and chickens, with ability...