Bayer selects 100 youth leaders from around the world to help “Feed a Hungry...
100 delegates from more than 40 different countries will make up Bayer’s 2021 Youth Ag Summit cohort this November. The global forum and biennially...
Zimbabwe launches new curriculum to transform agriculture
The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement in Zimbabwe has launched the Agricultural Education for Development 5.0 curriculum for colleges as...
Rwanda’s US $100 irrigation scheme stalls
Rwanda’s US $100 irrigation scheme is set to face financing setback. In 2018, the country and the Export-Import Bank of India signed a loan...
Nigeria to boost Namibia’s agriculture
Nigeria is set to assist Namibia boost its agriculture sector. National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) made the announcement and said they will be...
Liberia launches new model of community gardening
The government of Liberia has launched a new model of community gardening. Gambia, the Ministry of Agriculture with technical support from FAO Liberia will...
Seychelles imposes restrictions on the movement of tomatoes
The National Biosecurity Agency has imposed restrictions on the movement of tomatoes between the Seychelles' three main islands after a caterpillar known as the...
Tanzania to participate in the UN Food Systems Summit
Tanzania is set to participate in the forthcoming United Nations Food Systems Summit. Director of the National Food Security Unit, Dr Honest Kessy confirmed...
Kenya’s pyrethrum farming to be revived
The government of Kenya has announced plans to revive pyrethrum farming. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya revealed the plans and said KSh 40million has...
MAG assists farmers to increase Taro production for sustainable livelihood
The Modernizing Agriculture in Ghana (MAG) Programme is assisting farmers in some selected areas in the Ashanti Region to acquire improved varieties of Taro...
Tanzania to begin avocado export to South Africa
The governments of Tanzania and South Africa are finalising negotiations under which the East African nation will start to officially export avocados to the...