Kenya tops Africa’s avocado exports
Kenya leads Africa's avocado exports. Horticulture Crops Directorate (HCD) Director Benjamin revealed the report and said the country was among the world's top 10...
Third quarter 2021 slump in agriculture GDP a surprise but not a concern
Statistic South Africa’s latest update on the country’s overall real GDP for 3Q2021 shows a decline of 1.5% quarter-on-quarter (q/q) seasonally adjusted (but not...
Standard Bank drives sustainable growth of Africa’s sugar value chain
Many communities within sub-Saharan Africa rely on sugar not only as a source of calorific energy, but for the employment, industrialisation, and trade opportunities...
LCFE, Heritage bank partner on wheat production in Nigeria
The Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange (LCFE) has entered into a partnership with Heritage Bank to create a structure for trading on wheat contracts...
Cameroon receives US $200M to strengthen irrigation services in Logone River Valley
Cameroon has received a sum of US $200M from the World Bank to support country’s agricultural production in the Valley of Logone, located in...
AFD launches a call for ecological restoration projects
The French Development Agency (AFD) has launched a call for expressions of interest for research on "scaling up nature-based solutions and large-scale ecological restoration"....
The IDC provides a lifeline for land reform funding in an ailing economy
Land Reform - The outbreak of COVID-19 and a challenging economic environment which has resulted in budgetary cuts and re-allocation of resources to other...
BUAN students assemble Botswana’s first tractor
African Agriculture recently unveiled their new tractor brand that will be assembled locally at an event held in partnership with the Botswana University of...
Africa Rice starts training for Liberia farmers on machinery operations
Africa Rice has commenced the one-week training on farm machinery operation in Liberia. The training is one of the activities designed under the EU-funded...
Somali farmers access new Case IH machinery thanks to partnership with Gaalooge Cooperative
After decades of being only able to import used machinery, Somali farmers are looking forward to accessing reliable new machinery from Case IH, as well...