Ensuro, Ibisa and Fortune Credit partner to launch “ResilientGrowth”, an innovative blockchain-based product for...
Ensuro, in collaboration with climate insurtech experts Ibisa and microfinance specialists Fortune Credit, has developed a weather product called "ResilientGrowth" to support Kenyan farmers...
Kenya partners with IFC in Ksh306m plan to boost grain storage for smallholder farmers
Post-harvest losses could soon be a thing of the past for small-scale grain farmers in Kenya following Ksh306m investment plan partnership between International Finance...
Victory Farms Poised for Further Growth after successful Series B Drive
East Africa’s fastest-growing aquaculture platform, Victory Farms, has successfully completed its Series B capital-raising drive to fund the expansion of its operations in Kenya,...
WFP trains 200 WFP trained govt agric officers in Egypt
THE World Food Programme (WFP) trained more than 200 agricultural workers from Egypt’s ministries of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Water Resources and Irrigation and...
New wheat variety adoption key to Malawi’s food security
Scientists at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) are helping to scale up wheat production and productivity in Malawi.
The ongoing political conflict...
Kenya to double its avocado export in the next five years as demand increases
Kenya is planning to double its avocado export from Sh15 billion to Sh30 billion annually in the next five years following increasing demand of...
Pioneering career Fellowship supports Kenyan women to enhance agri-food policies
Eleven Kenyan mid-career women are amongst 49 African women selected as Fellows in the first cohort of The Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship, an initiative of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This new competitive career development Fellowship is targeting African women in agri-food policies who can support the implementation of gender-responsive agricultural policies in Africa.
South Africa announces list of declared small-scale fishers in Western Cape
South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has announced the final list of declared small-scale fishers in the Western Cape province.
The list...
Chinese boy (11) develops mobile app for Botswana farmers
A Chinese learner living in Botswana, Wu Zeyin (11) has developed a new mobile application ‘Farm Assistant’ for to make work for farmers in...
Compassion in World Farming calls out Best Aquaculture Practices for failing to improve farmed...
Compassion in World Farming has today called out the seafood certification scheme Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) for failing to improve the welfare of the...