AFGRI Group Holdings and an investor consortium create a strategic grain storage platform
AFGRI Group Holdings (“AGH”), the investment holding company with interests in food, agriculture and financial services related companies providing products and services to ensure...
Zimbabwe farmers earn US $4.6m from tobacco sales
Zimbabwean farmers have earned US $4.6m from tobacco sales. The growers have reportedly sold 2.6m kgs at the auction and contract floors. Moreover, according...
Uganda government to construct over 70,000 irrigation schemes to improve agricultural production
The government of Uganda is looking to construct more than 70,000 small-scale irrigation schemes countrywide to improve agricultural production and productivity.
Mr. John Twinomujuni, the...
Ghana in need of US $40m to fill the financial gap in the agricultural...
Ghana needs approximately US $40m in order to fill the financial gap in the agricultural sector. The African Regional Programme Leader of Food and...
Crop estimates still positive but not enough to lift agriculture GDP in the near...
As expected, the latest Crop Estimates Committee’s (CEC) production estimate report showed an upward revision to the February estimate for maize to 10.56 million...
Agritech Expo Zambia welcomes iDE Zambia in Chisamba in April
The main challenge faced by farmers in the agri sector is limited and sometimes lack of access to finance or financial products that will...
Malawi, Tanzania launch US $829m Songwe River Basin commission
Malawi and Tanzania have jointly launched the US $829m Songwe River Basin Commission in the Tanzanian border town of Keyla. The launch was presided...
Kenyan government sets aside US $103,404 for fish processing plant
The Kenya government, through the Nakuru County government, has set aside US $103,404 for setting up a fish processing plant. The plant will be...
IFAD launches global campaign to close gender gap in agriculture and amplify the voices...
On International Women’s Day, the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will kick off a campaign aimed at closing the gender gap...
Poland to invest in Tanzania’s agriculture sector through irrigation farming
Poland is looking to invest in Tanzania’s sector through irrigation farming. The investments will thus capitalize on irrigation farming with a view to steering...