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 PagangaNine 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...
Liberia Min Tweah seeks AIIB to focus on climate and smart agriculture
Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister, Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has expressed the need for the Asia Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB) to focus...
FAO champions integrated crop-livestock-fish farming in Rwanda
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has piloted an integrated crop-livestock-fish farming in Rwanda, a practice it says has the potential to holistically...
Saai takes place on world stage
The family farming network Saai has been given the green light to represent the voice of commercial farmers of South Africa at the World...
Uganda to sell milk to Zambia after Kenya dithers
The government of Uganda has announced it will be selling their milk to Zambia. This is after Kenya who have been a key export...
Rwanda embraces biotech through OFAB expansion
Rwanda signaled its growing receptivity toward agricultural biotechnology this week as it joined seven other African countries; Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda...