Nigeria faces a 2.5m metric tonnes of fish deficit
Nigeria is facing a 2.5million metirc tonnes of fish deficit, despite being the largest fish producer in Africa. Disclosing this in Lagos...
Zimbabwe’s Voedsel targets US $75m in tobacco sales
Voedsel is targeting to rake in US$75m from tobacco sales. The projections have been informed by the good rains received in various...
Kenya Dairy farmers double income and milk yields with climate-smart fodder grasses
Farmer Dennis Nyongesa has boosted his milk yield and income since using new grass varieties introduced by the Grass to Cash...
Gambia launches US $30m rice value-chain development project
The government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday launched an ambitious regional rice value-chain development project worth about...
AfDB signs agreement with South Sudan for a US $14m agriculture boost grant
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an agreement with South Sudan to give Juba a US $14m grant to boost agriculture....
Tumbling the fissure between knowing and practicing agriculture
By Innocent MhangaraiAgriculture and rural development are faced with various challenges and these have continued from one generation...
African Development Bank’s Adaptation Benefits Mechanism helps to climate-proof Ivorian smallholder farms’ cocoa yields
Help is on the way for the global cocoa supply chain, severely threatened by climate change.A new project...
Taliri comes up with new tech to determine chicken body weight
The Tanzania Livestock Research Institute (Taliri) has come up with a new technology to determine chicken body weight. This, they say, will...
AfDB grants Burundi’s PADCAE-B US $20.55m to enhance climate resilience of farmers
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted Burundi’s project to support the sustainable development of agriculture and livestock value chains in Burundi...
World Bank, FDA funds US $230m PDAC project in Angola
The World Bank and the French Development Agency have granted US $230m to support Commercial Agriculture Development Project (PDAC) in Angola. The...