Africa holds incredible agricultural biodiversity, yet millions face hunger. Researchers and advocacy groups encourage South ...

Western diets make up most of South Africa's food systems. This displaces indigenous crops and edible forest plants. Some indigenous crops like blackjack and wild cucumber are highly nutritious. They ...

Across Africa, wheat, maize and rice are the most consumed cereal crops. When they fail because of drought, floods or other climate disasters, this can be devastating for farmers, particularly ...

Millet, sorghum, fonio, Bambara groundnut, cowpea, amaranth, pigeon pea, taro. For decades these crops were treated as the food of the past. Research money, extension, subsidies, and markets went to ...

Researchers, farmers, and global agricultural institutions are embracing long-neglected crops that promise better nutrition and more resilience to the changing climate. The first time the rains failed ...

As South Africa’s 2026/27 summer planting season begins, favourable soil moisture offers a positive start, but uncertainty over El Niño-related drought and rising input costs remains high.

South Africa, the only African country that is a member of the G20, holds the presidency of the grouping until the end of November 2025. During this time, it could help drive the African continent’s ...

South African farmers probably produced the second-biggest corn crop on record in 2025 as the country experienced good rains earlier in the year. Commercial growers likely harvested 16.4 million tons ...

By Kopano Gumbi RUSTENBURG, South Africa, Oct 21 (Reuters) - South African cherry farmer Gert Eastes has spent 12 years preparing to break into China. Now, with Beijing introducing a zero-tariff ...

South Africa has no more than 15 percent of land that can be used for crop production due to low rainfall and poor soil, agriculture minister Senzeni Zokwana said on Wednesday. Covering 1.2-million ...