Rwanda signs $62.89 million project with IFAD to facilitate smallholders in export-driven value chains
The government of Rwanda has signed $62.89 million (approx. Rwf68.4 billion) finical agreement with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) that will see...
Western Kenya farmers find soft landing in pawpaw production after sugarcane woes
For many years farmers in western Kenya have been into sugarcane farming as their chief cash crop. However, things are changing as the venture...
USDA supported solar-powered cold storage projects to benefit indigenous vegetable farmers in Kenya
African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs) farmers in Kenya are set to benefit two solar-powered cold storage projects being implemented by the US Department of Agriculture...
Young woman changing Kenya’s dry lands into green vegetable fields through aquaponics and hydroponic...
West Pokot and Turkan counties are among the counties in Kenya which experience extreme weather conditions with sweeping floods during rainy season and ravaging...
Rwanda agricultural export earnings jump by 45 per cent in one year, report
Rwanda's annual agricultural export revenues jump by 45 per cent representing over $788.7 million (about Rwf859.5 billion) in 2022 from $543.1 million (about Rwf591.8...
The Consumption of Mangoes in Europe is Rising Despite Difficulties in Sourcing
"The inability
to meet high demand, for a premium product and a fair price, is an indicator of
a supply chain failure"
Warmer winters and more aggressive insects: Arrigoni’s Biorete® Air Plus screenpasses the tests for...
For farming professionals, insects are becoming a more and more serious threat and also a challenge to be overcome.
What’s more, ongoing global warming and...
Zimbabwe establishes $262m Marondera Agro-Industrial Park
A Zimbabwean university, the Marondera University of Agricultural Science and Technology (MUAST) has established an agro-industrial park at the college after received $262 million...
DLG Impulse Pitches Inhouse Farming Feed & Food 2023 Lite + Fog from...
(DLG). Lite + Fog GmbH from Berlin is the winner of the DLG Impulse Pitches 2023. The start-up company won the final round of...
NGO helps Zim families venture into poultry, hydroponic gardening
By Lawrence Paganga
A total of 940 families in Gweru, Zimbabwe have ventured into small agriculture-based self-income projects under the urban resilience-building projects supported...