An apparent surge in the purchase of African land by foreign companies and governments to grow food and other crops for export has set alarm bells ringing on and off the continent. The headlines have been strident: "The Second Scramble

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) urged African leaders to resist the Corporate Industrialization of African agriculture which will result in massive land grabs, and for the issue to be raised at the upcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen,

The government has launched fish farming projects in the country that will cost over one billion shillings and it is estimate that it will create 120,000 new jobs.

A senior player in India's energy sector urged Tanzanian energy sector players on Thursday to take part in the exhibition of power, electrical and industrial electrical appliances in India in January next year.

The last decade has been tumultuous for the low-income earners around the globe. Apart from intractable conflicts in such countries as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Somalia and Lebanon, food crisis remains a daunting challenge to residents in both developed and developing

Uganda is to receive $30 million about (Shs56.340 billion) from the World Bank to strengthen agricultural productivity and growth.

The Angolan Cabinet Council Friday in Luanda approved the National Strategy on Food Security and its Action Plan.

Mrs.Juliana Azumah Mensah, Minister of Tourism, on Saturday urged cooks and food providers to be innovative and undertake research into customer expectation in order to come out with interesting and tasty menus.

MEMBERS of Mahyoro Rice Farmers Association in Kamwenge district may earn over sh800m from this season's harvest.

As devastating hunger engulfs parts of Kenya, the arid North being hardest hit, a community in Kainuk, Turkana South District, is successfully transforming the dry region into green farmland.

Inter-cropping coffee and bananas is likely to yield double and increase farmers' revenues by as much as 50 per cent, scientists say.

Experts from Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) have advised government to develop robust strategic plans in the area of drought risk management in order to improve agricultural production and productivity.

As part of measures to intensify crop protection for enhanced food security, the Federal Government has earmarked N1.5 billion to control pest this year in parts of the country prone to attacks by quelea birds, weaver birds and grasshoppers.

The Chairman, House of Representatives committee on Agriculture, Gbenga Makonjuola has described the budget performance of the National Roots Crop research Institute (NRCRI) as "value for money".

Coastal communities that rely on fishing as a major occupation are now threatened by rise in sea levels and acidification of water due to the rise in ocean warming placing families at risk, experts say.

It will take the country more than two months to plug the wheat deficit created after two vessels with 70,000 tonnes of the cereal were hijacked by pirates, millers have said.

KENYA IS TURNING GREEN again. The rains have started, and for that, we must all be thankful. The past two years have been an ordeal for many, struggling on the fringes of survival as a bitter drought wound ever tighter.

PETROCHEMICALS group Sasol was bracing itself for claims arising from its contraventions of competition laws, CE Pat Davies said on Friday.

FARMERS' union AgriSA has welcomed a court ruling that paved the way for Friday's signing of a bilateral investment protection treaty between SA and Zimbabwe because it commits the South African government for the first time to upholding a landmark

Bwindi Parish is just 15km from Kabale town but the journey, along a winding road, takes two hours. A bustling trading centre with a population of about 1,000 people, Bwindi is famous for commercial Irish potato cultivation. But not even