Contract farming in Kenya
Smallholder farmers often face difficulties in production and marketing of their produce. They usually sell their produce individually at to middlemen or on local...
Ethiopia and IFAD to increase access to financial services in rural areas threatened by...
A new US$305.7 million programme will help more than 13 million of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable farmers to increase and diversify their incomes, access financial...
Central Bank of Zimbabwe issues US $50m bond to finance upcoming agriculture season
The Central Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ) has issued a US $50m bond for purposes of financing the 2019/2020 agriculture season. According to the bank,...
Rwanda pilots revolutionary hybrid potatoes from Solynta
The Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) is running a pilot on True Potato Seeds, hybrid potatoes which are produced by Solynta, a Dutch firm.The true...
Boosting Farm Productivity is the Key to Unlocking the Full Economic Value of Ethiopia’s...
Teff cluster farming Palls utilized farm
Ethiopia’s agricultural sector is the bedrock of the economy, employing more than 70% of the workforce, accounting for more...
Agricultural Value Chain Support Project (PAPFA) aims to contribute to poverty alleviation and to...
The Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) Dr Abdulhamid Alkhalifa has signed a US$20 million development loan to help...
The World Is Abundant – Success Is The Result of Cooperation Between Stakeholders
Last week we discussed how farmers could increase their profits by hundreds and even thousands of percentages in just 1 or 2 years, and...
African Development Fund (ADF-15) replenishment: Donors commit $7.6 billion, a 32% boost from last...
Donors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Thursday agreed to commit $7.6 billion to speed up growth in Africa’s poorest nations and help...
Morocco and IFAD to invest in smallholder farmers’ climate change resilience
A new €82.6 million agricultural development project financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Morocco will help 11,200...
Farmers on the climate frontline – reducing inequalities with IFAD at COP25
Small-scale farmers in developing countries are already suffering from a changing climate they did not cause – with lower crop yields, reduced water availability,...