Tanzania receives US $200M for agri-transformation
CRDB Bank, Tanzania has announced to have received US $200M from United Nations Green Climate Fund (GCF), to finance climate resilient agriculture and adapt...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Pledges $315 million to Support Innovations That Help Smallholder...
Today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged US $315 million to the CGIAR global agriculture research partnership to help hundreds of millions of smallholder...
New filtration system solves water quality challenges for Limpopo packing house
The importance of water quality cannot be understated in food and agricultural applications, which is why businesses in these sectors must comply with SANS...
Fish farmers from Kenya receives pond liners, fingerlings
Fish farmers from Kirinyaga County in Kenya have received fishpond liners, fingerlings and feeds to enable them undertake beneficial fish farming.
The County government selected...
Kenya declared locust-free
Kenya has been declared free of desert locusts, at least for now. Collin Micheni, director of plant protection and food safety at the Ministry...
Africa’s first climate credit facility for Agriculture launches in Kenya
Africa’s first climate adaptation credit facility for agriculture, ADAPTA, has launched with USD 1.5 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
Dairy farmers in Taita Taveta, Kenya receives major boost
Smallholder dairy farmers in Taita Taveta County, Kenya are already reaping the benefits of a partnership by the County administration, the National Government and...
Nigeria releases new maize variety
The Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, in Nigeria has released TELA, maize variety that would save the country N268...
Nine Rural Districts Producer syndicates in Zimbabwe
By Lawrence Paganga
Nine District Pig Producer Associations (DPPAs) have been established in the rural districts of Mashonaland East and Mashonaland West provinces.
The associations were...
Agriculture Workers Association holds annual congress
Agriculture Workers Association (AWA) under the Ministry of Agriculture held its annual congress at Cape Point in Bakau.
The event witnessed the election of new...