Rwandan farmers and private sector join forces to improve maize and soybean value chains...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), with the Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB), cooperatives, private sector partners and development organizations such as IDH, today...
Africa Climate Summit – Leaders Seek to Build on Current Solar and Other Success...
African government officials meet this week in Ethiopia for the Africa Climate Summit. The focus is on investment and financing for solar power and...
Hands-on training approach helps 3.2 million Ethiopian farmers boost food production and nutrition security
A hands-on training method is empowering 3.2 million Ethiopian farmers to improve food production and nutrition security by equipping the smallholders with practical knowledge...
Future Trends in Storage Solutions for African Agriculture
The lack of reliably available refrigeration throughout Africa threatens the livelihoods of the continent’s agricultural workers while contributing to food insecurity and waste. Innovative...
Communal Tobacco Farmers in Zimbabwe Prepare for Upcoming Season Amid Weather Uncertainty
By : Hwande Isheunesu
Resource-poor communal farmers in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe, have already begun preparations for the upcoming tobacco growing season ahead of the...
SPAR’s Rural Hub: Building a Sustainable Food Future for South Africa
In South Africa, over 20% of South African households have inadequate or severely inadequate access to food, a critical concern in a country where...
Unlocking the Power of Digestate: A Sustainable Boost and Game-Changer for Smallholder Cabbage Farming...
By: Willy Maphutha Ramusi, Dikonketso Shirleymay Matjuda, Sydney Mavengahama & Lerato Bame Tsalaemang Matsaunyane
Smallholder farmers in South Africa face significant challenges, from rising input...
Empowering Africa’s Smallholders Toward a Sustainable and Profitable Future with Industrial Hemp
In a world facing unprecedented climate challenges and the pressing need for sustainable development, a Hemp revolution is taking place across Africa. The global...
How Women Farmers Like Leydah Sekgobela Are Cultivating Change This Women’s Month
When it comes to farming, it doesn’t matter whether your starting small or going all ]out big. More women farmers in South Africa’s rural...
Africa’s Smallholder Farmers Face Collapse Without Urgent Climate Action, Warns Expert
Africa’s smallholder farmers are being battered by a “perfect storm” of climate shocks—simultaneous extreme heat, prolonged droughts, floods, and rising temperature variability.
According to Dr....