Mozambique farmers bet on water-saving tools to produce more with less
Maria Sitoe is a happy farmer: this season she is expecting to harvest 3 tonnes of tomatos grown under drip irrigation. Sitoe is president...
Agricultural insurance set for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe
World Bank Group member, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with Zimbabwean insurance regulator the Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) to develop a...
5000 drought affected maize farmers in Nandi receive over Ksh12 million insurance payout
Leading Kenyan insurance company, APA Insurance on behalf of the Kenya Agriculture Insurance Group (KAIG) and in partnership with Apollo Agriculture and Pula, announced...
EU beef project benefits hundreds of Zimbabwe cattle farmers
The Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme-Beef Enterprises Strengthening and Transformation (ZAGP-BEST) project, which is funded by the European Union, has trained several beef farmers in...
Small scale farmers drive rice and sunflower commercialization in East Africa
The East Africa session focused on agricultural concerns in Ethiopia and Tanzania. APRA Ethiopia country lead, and country representative of Stichting Wageningen Research Ethiopia...
FAO, Japan seek to empower women and youth in agriculture
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Office for Eastern Africa (SFE) and the Japanese Government Mission to the African...
United Nations rural poverty agency IFAD set to boost its ethical investments
In a significant move to strengthen its commitment to ethical investments, the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) agreed on...
Promoting gender equality in agriculture on the African continent
Agriculture remains one of the most productive sectors across Africa, employing 70% of the continent’s population and contributing about 23% to GDP. Women make...
Why For Smallholders Questions Are More Important Than Answers?
By : Dr. Nimrod Israely is the Founder and CEO at Biofeed Ltd. based in Israel
Solid and successful sectors, e.g., natural minerals, know well how...
Export markets for small livestock on rise in Botswana
By Lawrence PagangaExports markets for small livestock meat are on the rise in Botswana motivating farmers to venture into -subsector, Lorato Morapedi, the chief...