Kenya’s agriculture budget faulted
Kenya's civil society has faulted government for the low budgetary allocation for agriculture in the 2022/23 budget.Sh 46 billion was set aside for agriculture...
MoLAFWRD Zim to launch the MLAFWRD-AFC potato value chain financing facility
By Wallace MawireZimbabwe’s Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Dr John Basera will officially launch the Potato...
IFAD fights rural poverty by addressing climate change effects in Mexico’s Balsas Basin
UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Mexico have signed a financial agreement today that will support the implementation of...
Nigeria to join West Africa’s ‘Cocoa OPEC’
Nigeria is set to join the Cocoa Opec in West Africa with a stronger price-setting capacity that can eventually benefit poor farmers.Oxford Economics, a...
IFAD provides economic opportunities to smallholder farmers’ and artisanal fishermen’s livelihoods in Haiti
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Haiti signed a financing agreement today for the implementation of the Inclusive...
Only legal revisions can resolve farmer-miner-disputes in Zimbabwe: Commission
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission in Zimbabwe says the rising disputes between miners and farmers are old and can be traced to the...
FAO unveils new phase of agric policy initiative for Nigeria
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has launched a new phase of its key agricultural policy monitoring and analysis initiative, focused on supporting reforms...
Tanzania outlines policy changes to transform agriculture
The government of Tanzania has outlined its agricultural transformation agenda, detailing its desire to see commercial banks’ lending rate to the sector – which...
ADB presents cheque to 2021 national best farmer in Ghana
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), presented cheque for GH¢600, 000 to the 2021 National Best Farmer, Alhaji Mohammed Mashud, in Accra Ghana.This was in...
Agriculture experts in Nigeria call for funding of research institutes, enabling environment
Stakeholders in the agricultural sector in Nigeria has called on the federal government to support research institutes in the country by funding them adequately...