FAO, IFAD launch project for nutrition-sensitive agriculture
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of...
NIRSAL, Moroccan bank seal deal to promote agriculture
Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) and a Moroccan bank of agriculture, Credit Agricole Du Maroc (CAM) have signed a memorandum...
AfDB to reduce wheat importation in Nigeria by 40% in 2023
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to reduce the importation of the wheat in Nigeria by 40% by 2023.According to the Ms Beth...
Kenya’s Victory Farms to expand operations into Rwanda, Tanzania and DRC
Kenyan aquaculture company Victory Farms, East Africa’s largest commercial fish farmer, has raised $5 million in equity funding to expand its operations into Rwanda,...
Poultry Africa 2022 officially launched
The 3rd edition is scheduled on October 5 & 6 in Rwanda, preceded by a Leadership Conference on October 4. Visitor registration is now...
Kenya, IFAD launch Sh 9.64bn livestock project
The government of Kenya in conjunction with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has launched a Sh9.46 billion livestock project to benefit small...
Boost to coffee farmers as AU leaders sign ‘Nairobi Declaration’
Agriculture Ministers from 25 African Coffee growing countries have signed a declaration in Nairobi to have coffee included in the list of strategic commodities...
Africa’s cotton breaks global supply, demand records
Cotton grown in Africa (CmiA) has achieved record levels of supply and demand with global textile production doubling, to 600 million items, and cotton...
Kenya to replicate India’s agriculture derivative ecosystem
The government of Kenya has expressed desires to India’s NCDEX's agriculture futures trading and warehousing model.According to Jane Mumbi Ngige, Chairperson of the Warehouse...
Zimbabwe to import 400,000 t maize from Zambia and Malawi
Zimbabwe is set to import 400,000 tonnes of white maize from Zambia and Malawi. Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) made the announcement and...