Government body buys rice worth US $2.8m from farmers in Mwea, Kenya
The Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC) has bought rice worth US $2.8m from farmers in Mwea, Kirinyaga County, following the presidential directive...
AgTech Company SupPlant Is Selected To The Best Inventions List By TIME, Based On...
SupPlant is proud to announce that it was selected as one of the Best Inventions of TIME. SupPlant uses the largest plant sensing database...
IFAD report predicts steep drop in African staple crops by 2050, prompting urgent call...
Staple crops in eight African countries could decrease by as much as 80 percent by 2050 in some areas if temperatures continue to rise...
New IFAD initiative with EU funding to boost rural development in Kenya through digital...
The UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the European Union unveiled two new initiatives today in Kenya, that aim to boost rural...
Bayer and its partners, receives special United Nations recognition for their support to smallholder...
Entrepreneur Alda Aldhaniar Bekti explains the use of agricultural input products to an Indonesian Smallholder Farmer.
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Yields more than doubled during 4-year project with smallholder farmers
Farmers benefit from Bayer’s outreach, knowledge transfer and potato training.
Bayer presented challenges and best practice experiences with the implementation of its Root2Successs™ concept on...
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...
AKILIMO digital platform improves potato yields in Rwanda
A digital platform has improved potato yields in Rwanda. The AKILIMO digital platform was launched in 2020 by CIP, RAB, and the International Institute of...
Zambia flags off food security packs
Zambia has flagged off the Food Security Pack programme-to encourage food production through inputs after the country took up the challenge to be the...
Mozambique govt bans imports of Zimbabwe animal products
MOZAMBIQUE’S Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has banned the import from Zimbabwe of animals, and products and by-products of animal origin, due to...