Lessons from banana farmer from western Uganda venturing into value addition to boost earnings
Tired of meager payments by middlemen, one farmer from western Uganda has opted to banana (locally known as matooke) value-addition as a way of...
Yara’s participation in Yara Cameroon acquired by NJS Group, the minority shareholder
Yara International ASA , a global leader in plant nutrition headquartered in Oslo, Norway, announces that it has finalized an agreement to sell its majority...
Tanzanian President meets African Development Bank to advance post-Dakar 2 Africa Food Summit agricultural...
President Hassan thanked the Bank for organizing the Dakar 2 summit, calling the institution a “dependable partner” for assisting Tanzania with its development goals...
New Holland reinforces Brand’s global leadership in sustainability bringing the Energy Independent Farm concept...
World leader in clean energy, New Holland Agriculture announces a partnership with leading companies in the biomethane sector in Brazil for the creation of...
South Korea’s “K-Ricebelt Project” initiative to help boost rice production in 8 African nations
South Korea is set to sign an agreement this week with eight African countries to help boost rice production in a bid to reduce...
Farmtrac Vryheid scores a hit with the MF Global series in the forestry sector...
When a local forestry client wanted a real workhorse to mulch leftover branches once trees had been harvested, it acquired a MF 6711 tractor...
Uganda in a $24.8 million cocoa factory plan to improve smallholder farmers’ income
For many years smallholder cocoa farmers in Uganda have been selling their produce through middlemen who pay small amounts for a kilo of wet...
DLG extends cooperation with International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for congress in Philippines
DLG (German Agricultural Society) to support International Rice Congress , 16-19 October, in Manila, Philippines; DLG to apply experience from rice features at Agritechnica...
Urban dairy goat rearing earns farmer decent income in the outskirts of Nairobi city
About 15km from Nairobi’s central business district at the border of Nairobi and Kiambu County along Thika Supper Highway sits Githurai 45 Estate (also...
46 years old Rwandan woman turning cassava wastes into animal feeds, creates jobs and...
When Alice Nyirasagamba, 46, took a leap of faith and started Akanoze Nyamiyaga Ltd in 2018, her business approach was to processes cassava into...