Pfumvudza agricultural cotton scheme in Zimbabwe targets 520k household
The Pfumvudza agricultural cotton scheme in Zimbabwe is targeting 520, 000 households in marginalized areas in bid to increase production.Following the successful roll-out of...
How Should We Measure Farmers’ Economic Success?
"You will always focus on what you measure, so carefully consider what it is that you wish to measure.”
By: Dr. Nimrod Israely
When I look...
Survery: South Africa’s wine industry at tipping point
South Africa’s wine industry is at a tipping point as many wine businesses, particularly small companies and those under black ownership, face potential closure...
Smallholders farmers risk reduced yield due to climate hazards
The World Food Programme (WFP) projects that at least 30% of smallholder farmers in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are at risk of...
Murang’a Cooperative Union announces minimum guaranteed price
Murang’a Cooperative Union in Kenya has announced that farmers who supply their coffee to the union will benefit from minimum guaranteed price for cherry...
Zimbabwe to train 2million famers in conservation agriculture
The government of Zimbabwe is set to train nearly 2 million farmers in conservation agriculture. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations...
Aldi funds vegetable packhouse to help smallholder growers in Kenya
Aldi UK has funded construction of a vegetable packhouse in Kenya to help smallholder growers. The project is part work of international NGO Farm...
Toam, Tanzania to partner with Ministry for organic farming
The Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM) in collaboration with the government through the Ministry of Agriculture is planning to organise their second National Ecological...
Japan supports farmers in Nigeria with rice seeds, inputs
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), empowered 150 rice farmers with improved...
Nigerian firm receives US $5M UN credit to boost small-scale farmers
Private Sector Financing Programme (PSFP), a new financing programme launched by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has announced its first loan...