AfDB Provides $2M partial credit guarantee to Facilitate Access to Fertilizer for Small-scale Farmers...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided a USD 2 million partial credit guarantee and a USD 528,600 grant to facilitate access to fertilizer...
Tanzania discovers high yielding palm oil seeds poised to boost production
Tanzanian research institutes have discovered new high yielding palm oil seeds that is set to boost the cultivation of the trees and production of...
Young farmer turned family farm around
BY: Fundiswa Nkwanyana
Gone are the days when farms were led by old men and women, now that we are in the 21st century they...
100% Moringa Juice looks to create more jobs.
By:Levi Letsoko
Powerful African plant moringa has been around for centuries. Popular for its medicinal purposes, moringa is...
Natural solutions paramount for effective plant pest management
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Inter-governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) held a joint consultative workshop on biological...
AfDB Provides $2M partial credit guarantee to Facilitate Access to Fertilizer for Small-scale Farmers...
The (AfDB) has provided a USD 2 million partial credit guarantee and a USD 528,600 grant to facilitate access to fertilizer for smallholder farmers...
Solynta’s hybrid potato breeding technology poised to unlock smallholders’ production potential in Kenya
By Zablon Oyugi
An innovative hybrid true potato seed (HTPS) breeding technology being introduced in Kenya by Solynta, a Dutch-based potato breeding technology company, is...
Small businesses in food systems hold the key to affordable and healthy foods, report
An estimated 60 per cent of rural and urban Kenyan households access their daily meals from micro/small enterprises (MSEs) at local markets. But despite...
East African Business Council launches campaign to promote contract farming in the region to...
The East African Business Council (EABC) is teaming up with the governments and the East African Community to launch a campaign to promote Contract...
From Metallurgy to Agriculture: The Journey of Masala Mpheni Ligege, Young Farmer from Duthuni...
By Zablon Oyugi
When Masala Mpheni Ligege, a former metallurgist, now a young farmer from Duthuni Village in Limpopo resigned from his career line in...