In Africa, where the vast majority of farmers are smallholders (on average cultivating about 5 acres according to a 2018 estimate by the OECD), it makes sense for such farmers to combine their forces ...

The South African government makes a great deal of the fact that it supports women's empowerment in agriculture.But does it?As an anthropologist, I've been engaged in long-term ethnographic research ...

The African Heritage Food Cooperative (AHFC) is planning to open a Buffalo location at 238 Carlton Street next year. We’re now getting a look at what the new facility will look like. The co-op will ...

The policy is designed to harness the potential of cooperatives to drive sustainable economic growth while tackling pressing challenges such as food insecurity, malnutrition, and migration.

The Preservation Board will be reviewing plans for the African Heritage Food Co-Op Market & Internet Café at its meeting today. Plans call for renovating and expanding an existing 3,838 sq.ft historic ...

Last week the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) turned global. Some 10,000 people from around the world, three times the normal attendance, watched and participated. There were several hundred ...

Tremma Agro Services, an innovative agroecosystem delivering digital solutions to smallholder farmers, today announced a strategic partnership with FasterCapital through its LaunchUp program. This ...

I couldn’t help being curious when I received an invitation from Wendy De La Harpe, Project Director of the African Agri Council (AAC), to attend the organization’s virtual conference The Crucial Role ...

The International Cooperative Alliance heard from its sectoral offices as it embarks on phase 2 of its Legal Framework Analysis ...

Daniel Danino is the CEO and founder of Volta Metals, an international group focused on energy, agriculture and commodities in EMEA. Africa, rich in natural resources, is often described as the ...

African agriculture has the potential to advance up to 50% of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), yet the sector remains severely underfunded, according to a new report by Boston ...

Given the impact on food supplies from Russia’s war on Ukraine, Covid-19, and rapidly rising global temperatures, the productivity of African food systems is more critical than ever. By 2050, many ...