UFS leading consortium to build capacity for Climate-Resilient Food Systems in Africa
The University of the Free State (UFS) is leading a consortium of African university partners that aims to address the challenges of climate change...
Agritechnica 2023 to explore Polish and French farming challenges
With 2,600 expected exhibitors across 24 halls on some 38 hectares of exhibition space as well as a broad international technical program, Agritechnica, which...
IFAD and Viet Nam celebrate 30 years of partnership to improve rural lives
Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam praised the long-standing collaboration between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the...
IFAD and Grow Asia to support farmers with digital tools to modernize agriculture in...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Grow Asia launched the Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) project with financial support from...
ILO, Brazilian government launch $558,170 project to promote decent work in cotton value chain...
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the government of Brazil have launched 558,170 US dollar-project in Tanzania to promote decent work in the value...
Eastern Africa Farmers Federation deploys digital platform to ease smallholders’ access to key services
By Zablon Oyugi
The Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) has deployed a digital platform in a bid to help smallholder farmers mitigate challenges such as...
Practical Action, UK-based organisation launches project to train over 10,000 Western Kenya youth in...
Over 10,000 youth from Busia County in Western Kenya are set to benefit from a project launched by Practical Action, a UK-based organisation in...
Agricultural supplies delivered as part of the AfDB’s Emergency Food Production Project
The transitional government in Guinea, in partnership with the African Development Bank Group , has received a large consignment of agricultural supplies in Guinea’s...
From Metallurgy to Agriculture: The Journey of Masala Mpheni Ligege, Young Farmer from Duthuni...
By Zablon Oyugi
When Masala Mpheni Ligege, a former metallurgist, now a young farmer from Duthuni Village in Limpopo resigned from his career line in...
Joint vegetable project produces first crop
The joint agricultural vegetable project undertaken by AfriForum, Saai and Thabake Business Enterprise completed its first harvest this week. Cauliflower and broccoli were delivered...