South Korea to provide aid to farmers in Central Mozambique
The government of South Korea is set to aid smallholder farmers in the central Mozambican province of Sofala.Through its Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA),...
Contract tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe decries drowning in debt
Contract tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe are decrying drowning in debt. More than 20,000 farmers in Zimbabwe grow tobacco for Tian Ze, a subsidiary of...
Finding alternative sources for agricultural financing
Agricultural financing remains one of the toughest challenges for farmers in South Africa after the collapse of Landbank. While most people will remember 2020...
Namibia’s Agribank to assist women and youth
In its quest to assist women and youth in Agriculture in Namibia, Agribank disbursed loans to the value of N$43 million towards women, while...
Releaf secures $4.2 million in seed funding and grants to drive industrialisation of food...
New funding will support the development and scaling of technology solutions for Nigeria’s Oil Palm sector
Lagos, Nigeria. Releaf, an agtech start-up that develops proprietary hardware...
Small scale farmers in Kenya facing financial starvation
AFEX Chief Executive Ayodeji Balogun has announced that small scale agricultural sector in Kenya is the least funded sector despite it being the largest employer...
Kenya proposes Sh 670M budget to mitigate drought
Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture’s has proposed a Sh 670million budget to the Treasury for mitigating drought, adverse weather conditions experienced in the country’s arid...
Netherlands launches a call for projects for rain-fed agriculture in Sudan
The Netherlands has launched a call for a rain-fed agriculture project for the Darfur region and South Kordofan State in Sudan.The Dutch government wants...
Kenya pledges US $11M for irrigation in Nyeri County
The government of Kenya has pledged US $11million for the irrigation of farmland in Nyeri County. Minister of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation, Sicily Kariuki...
New study identifies best practice in livestock production and marketing for small emerging farmers
Livestock markets for Black emerging farmers in RSA - Eastern Cape
A comparative study exploring the challenges farmers face in two cattle-farming provinces in South...