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 revitalisation of the Makhathini Irrigation Scheme in KwaZulu-Natal is set to boost agricultural productivity, create ...

Mallam Yakubu Adamu, who has been involved in irrigation farming in the Mutum area of Gassol Local Government Area of the state for many years, told our correspondent that he invested over five ...

UKUNDA, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The power of irrigation is on full display in this corner of southeastern Kenya, where an 8,000-hectare sugarcane plantation glimmers in an otherwise ...

Nigeria is stepping up its efforts to reduce poverty by increasing productivity from agriculture through the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING) Program. The World Bank, with ...

Wandile Sihlobo is the Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) and a member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC). Winter is an important season for ...

The continuous encroachment on fertile agricultural land set aside for irrigation farming within the Weija enclave is not only threatening national food security and job creation but also fuelling ...

South African summer heat not only tests people; it tests infrastructure. On farms, irrigation cycles are unforgiving, and “grid problems” are rarely just outages. More often, it is unstable supply, ...

Mechanization is more than a technological upgrade; it is a catalyst for economic resilience. By reducing dependence on manual labor, machinery allows farmers to scale operations and respond to the ...

Elizabeth Hull received funding from The London Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH). As an anthropologist, I’ve been engaged in long-term ethnographic research in ...

But care will need to be taken to ensure water is used widely and doesn't lead to shortages, experts say UKUNDA, Kenya, Oct 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The power of irrigation is on full display ...

As an anthropologist, I've been engaged in long-term ethnographic research in KwaZulu-Natal since 2007, focusing mostly on rural food systems and food-based livelihoods and before that on health care.