The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the African Conservation Tillage (ACT) Network today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to encourage greater access for small-scale farmers to sustainable...

The 11th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is being held in Berlin from 17th to 19th January 2019 on the subject "Agriculture Goes Digital – Smart Solutions for Future Farming”.The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is an international...

The third International Forum of Agricultural Robotics (FIRA), held in Toulouse –...

5 October 2018, Rome - FAO and the African Union today launched a new framework document that aims to increase agricultural efficiency and reduce drudgery by helping countries in Africa to develop strategies for sustainable farm mechanization.   The Sustainable Agricultural...

Following the Consultative Meeting on a Mechanization Strategy: New models for sustainable agricultural mechanization in sub-Saharan Africa in Nairobi, 2016; the African Conservation Tillage Network produced this video with a series of interviews to some of the experts participating in...

A new training manual launched today provides practical guidance for agricultural mechanization entrepreneurs in rural areas, where family farmers commonly lack capital to invest in the farm power required to increase food production especially in Africa.  The five-module training manual targeted...

Solar powered irrigation systems are now an affordable and climate-friendly technology for both large and small-scale farmers in developing countries.  But they need to...

The Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture will be held on 9-12 October 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa.   The aim of 2ACCA is to bring together expert knowledge, information, and insights from practitioners from across different sectors and interests groups...

La FAO assiste le gouvernement tchadien dans l’élaboration d’une stratégie nationale de la mécanisation agricole   L’élaboration d’une stratégie nationale de mécanisation agricole au Tchad a été au cœur d’un atelier de concertation organisé par le Ministère de la production, de...

Implementing the Save and Grow approach: Building the basis for sustainable and climate resilient cropping systems