Latest farming and agriculture news from Africa https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/africa/ Serving agriculture since 1911 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:33:08 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://cax-wp-farmers-prod-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2020/02/cropped-favfarmers-1-32x32.jpg Latest farming and agriculture news from Africa https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/africa/ 32 32 FMD crisis: Zambia closes borders to South African livestock https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/africa/fmd-crisis-zambia-closes-borders-to-south-african-livestock/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fmd-crisis-zambia-closes-borders-to-south-african-livestock Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:00:06 +0000 https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/?p=120637 FMD spreads across Eswatini, livestock sales suspended 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upward trajectory in Zimbabwe https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/africa/dorper-breeding-on-an-upward-trajectory-in-zimbabwe/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dorper-breeding-on-an-upward-trajectory-in-zimbabwe Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:00:43 +0000 https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/?p=117514 Zim farmers to benefit from government licence cuts https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/africa/zim-farmers-to-benefit-from-government-licence-cuts/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zim-farmers-to-benefit-from-government-licence-cuts Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:35:07 +0000 https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/?p=117378 Botswana reinstates vegetable import ban from South Africa https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/africa/botswana-reinstates-vegetable-import-ban-from-south-africa/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=botswana-reinstates-vegetable-import-ban-from-south-africa Thu, 11 Dec 2025 03:00:25 +0000 https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/?p=117347 AU-EU leaders commit to 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in Africa https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/africa/major-focus-on-combatting-illicit-and-counterfeit-products-in-africa/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=major-focus-on-combatting-illicit-and-counterfeit-products-in-africa Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:00:01 +0000 https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/?p=116082 Zimbabwe compensates 85 Europeans who lost farms to land reform https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/africa/zimbabwe-compensates-85-europeans-who-lost-farms-to-land-reform/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zimbabwe-compensates-85-europeans-who-lost-farms-to-land-reform Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:20:39 +0000 https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/?p=116079 Artificial intelligence in practice in Kenya https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/africa/artificial-intelligence-in-practice-in-kenya/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artificial-intelligence-in-practice-in-kenya Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:00:33 +0000 https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/?p=115871 Kenya plays host to 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