Madagascar: Yields increase for youth enterprises, thanks to an African Development Fund Project
Launched in 2016, the Young Rural Enterprises Project in the Central West of Madagascar has helped improve agricultural yields. Yields of rice and maize...
East Africa records uneven June/Sept seasonal rains
The East African region recorded an uneven start to the June to September seasonal rains resulting in poor resources in the rangeland and agro-pastoral...
From Wheat and Corn to Horticultural Crops – Less Water, Minimal if Any Chemical...
Fertilizer prices are up. And climate change has resulted in higher temperatures and less rainfall in many parts of the world. In high-income countries,...
Food Safety – Critical Element of Trade in Safe Agro-Food Commodities in East Africa
Food Safety - Critical Element of Trade in Safe Agro-Food Commodities in East Africa
Nigeria seeks US $36M to fund SAPIP project
Nigeria’s Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has disclosed that his outfit is going for a US $36M loan from the...
Morocco launches “Irrisat” programme to optimise irrigation water
Morocco has launched the "Irrisat-Morocco" irrigation programme to optimise water supplies for irrigation using satellite data, in response to the drought.
The programme, Initiated by...
Quenching the thirst for water in cartons
Sustainability continues to be a force of change in the consumer goods market. In an IBM consumer survey, 80% of respondents indicate sustainability is...
KOICA, MOFA holds training in Ghana on improved rice production
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in collaboration with Ghana's Ministry of Food and Agriculture has held a three-day training for 25 farmer leaders...
Zambia procures 133 mln tons of crop
Purchases of maize and other crops by Zambia’s food Reserve Agency in the 2022 marketing season remain on course to attain the country’s food...
Climate-smart agricultural practices deliver life-changing benefits to Tanzania’ women farmers
Mariam Tungu, a woman farmer from Singida’s Ikungi district in central Tanzania has spent decades cultivating the small piece of land behind her home...