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...
Natural solutions paramount for effective plant pest management
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Inter-governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) held a joint consultative workshop on biological...
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...
Nairobi to Host India-Africa International Millet Conference
To celebrate the International Year of Millets, Ministry of Agriculture and Famers Welfare, Government of India and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development,...
Kenyan National Farmer’s Federation CEO visiting Dr Eckel headquarters in Germany
Discussions on sustainable feeding solutions and prospects for Kenyan farmers
Dr Antje Eckel, Founder and Managing Director of Dr. Eckel Animal Nutrition and recently...
El Niño: What It Means to Agriculture
From providing food to sustaining smallholder communities, agriculture is a fundamental core of our society – one that the modern world cannot live without....
New Methodology to Slash Methane Emissions from Rice Cultivation and Empower Smallholder Farmers
Globally, around 8% of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions are produced by growing rice. If rice production was a country, emissions associated with it would...
AfDB Provides $2M partial credit guarantee to Facilitate Access to Fertilizer for Small-scale Farmers...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided a USD 2 million partial credit guarantee and a USD 528,600 grant to facilitate access to fertilizer...
AfDB Provides $2M partial credit guarantee to Facilitate Access to Fertilizer for Small-scale Farmers...
The (AfDB) has provided a USD 2 million partial credit guarantee and a USD 528,600 grant to facilitate access to fertilizer for smallholder farmers...