Swiss company sets up US$27m medicinal cannabis farm, processing plant in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commissioned a US$27 million Swiss Bioceuticals Limited Medicinal Cannabis Farm and Processing Plant in Mount Hampden, Mashonaland West Province.Speaking...
WACCI calls for strategic investments in seed systems
The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has called for strategic investments in the seed systems of six staple crops in Ghana for...
Kenya allocates Sh 52m for avocado production
Nakuru County Government in Kenya has allocated Sh 52million for avocado seedlings distribution program. This is an increase from Sh 42 million allocated last...
Impact of Ukraine War on Farmers : South Africa
Spare the Goose that Lays the Golden eggThe government, in this context, South Africa, should create an enabling economic climate to assist both producers...
With innovation and technology, Brazil is on path to achieving food security
While many countries around the world continue to grapple with food insecurity amid rising population and urbanization, Brazil, the largest country in both South America and Latin...
Horticulture for economic rejuvenation
By Hwande SheunesuA switch from field crops to horticultural crops has seen farmers in Gokwe Bomba, Zimbabwe improving their standard of living. Of late...
West Africa gets ready for desertification COP15
The two-day sessions focused on financing opportunities that have the potential to deliver transformative projects and programs to boost the Great Green Wall initiative...
At COP 15, IFAD calls for immediate long-term investments in land restoration and climate...
With land degradation gaining ground and affecting up to 40% of lands on Earth, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today called for...
Cameroon secures US $100M loan to curb food insecurity
Cameroon has secured a US $100million loan form the World Bank to aid the country deal with food and nutrition insecurity.The loan will be...
Rwanda, DRC, Burundi to benefit from TAFS-WCA programme
Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Burundi are set to benefit from a regional initiative dubbed “Transforming Agri-Food Systems in West and Central...