African Emergency Food Production Facility launched in Gambia
African Emergency Food Production Facility (AEFPF) has been launched in Gambia. Minister for Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Demba Sabally performed the launch ceremony.
The AEFPF is...
Offering healthcare services at livestock marts will help to remove stigma about seeking help...
Offering healthcare services in livestock marts will help to take away the stigma associated with seeking help for physical and mental health issues within...
Europe vegetable growers plot moving to North Africa as energy crisis worsens
Vegetable farmers in northern and western Europe are contemplating halting their farming activities there due to the financial hit from Europe's energy crisis, a...
Conservation and the development of restituted land should not be mutually exclusive
Conservation was a despised concept in the community of Makuleke with its painful past of land dispossession.
The chairperson of the Makuleke Communal Property Association...
Portugal to recruit Moroccan workers for agriculture
Portugal and Morocco have inked a deal that will allows allow 400 Moroccan workers to travel to Portugal to work in the country’s agricultural...
6000 layers distributed in Bolgatanga Municipality in Ghana
6,000 layers under the Ghana’s President ‘s Special Initiative, Rearing for Food and Jobs (RfJs) have been distributed to 50 women farmers in the...
Gates Foundation invests US$50m on ‘green super rice’
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has invested US$50 million to support the Green Super Rice project in African and Asian countries, which aims...
Despite positive agri backdrop, farmers need to take a balanced approach when investing in...
While heavy late rains created waterlogging challenges in several key farming areas at the end of 2021, the impact on yields has not proven...
Cocoa Value Chain in Nigeria set for improvement
The Cocoa Value Chain in Nigeria is set for improvement. Counsellor for Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Mission Nigeria, Gerald Smith, announced that the United States...
Winrock selected to expand climate-smart agtech in Malawi and Thailand
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a US $178 million investment in Food for Progress projects to support Biden-Harris administration priorities of...