Dawadawa impact initiative ,a solution to the food crisis in Ghana
Food insecurity in Ghana affects about 50% of its population. The World Food Program has attributed this to inefficient food systems in the rural...
Kenyan youth develops plan to help village women turn kitchen gardens into income generating...
In most African cultures women are not allocated lands especially for economic practices save for kitchen gardens where they practice small-scale subsistence crop farming...
Uganda private sector unveils fruits market project to create jobs for the youth and...
In summary: The project seeks to enhance value addition through the Young Africa Works Lead Firm Structure programme to create meaningful and sustainable employment.Private...
Seed farming can help alleviate poverty in Africa
An international organisation, Borgen Project, involved in fighting global poverty says investment in seed farming is one area that has shown recent success in...
New varsity report recommends solutions to reduce crop loss in Tanzania
Research from the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom has investigated the reasons for post-harvest loss of...
Family Farmers in Kenya Replace Expensive Fertilizer with Cover Crops; aka, “Green Manure”
Fertilizer prices driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led a number of farmers around the world to consider or reconsider non-chemical alternatives. For some...
Tanzania to woo 200,000 young men and women into agriculture each year through tech...
The government of Tanzania has set an ambitious goal of using agritech to lure 200,000 young men and women into agriculture each year in...
Kenya partners with IFC in Ksh306m plan to boost grain storage for smallholder farmers
Post-harvest losses could soon be a thing of the past for small-scale grain farmers in Kenya following Ksh306m investment plan partnership between International Finance...
Young Tanzanian agripreneur secures export market for bee products in South Africa
Stefano Kileo, a young Tanzanian agripreneur in beekeeping subsector has, through his company- Beegift Products and Services, secured an export market in South Africa...
First ever digital agricultural loan solution launched in Uganda to support smallholder farmers
For the first time, Uganda Development Bank (UDB) in partnership with Ensibuuko, European Union, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), and Food and Agriculture...