VegetablesReneilwe and Lerato Selialia started Kopana Holdings with potatoes in Randfontein, South Africa, in 2025. After a first harvest sold at a loss, they added spinach, onions and sweet potatoes, more markets and a proper grip on costs.
LivestockIn a signed column, Agricultural Research Council researchers Adam Swarahla and Dr Walter Shiba argue that smallholder dairy farmers in South Africa's Free State are leaving dairying because they cannot sell milk profitably, and that cooperatives, cooling and value addition could keep them in busine
A study of 653 common bean farmers in 13 Ugandan districts finds members of the MasterCard Farmer Network market collectively far more often than unsupported groups, but that gender gaps in leadership and participation persist and in places widen.
