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...
Is There A Connection Between Values and Agricultural Practices?
This article tackles general problems common to the Agri-sector in rising economies.THE CHANGING CONCEPT OF NEEDSOur hunter-gatherer ancestors began trying their hand...
Women farmers planting seeds of change
Think of a farmer. Admit it: whatever image sprang to mind, it probably wasn’t a woman. And yet female agriculturalists are making...
Government of Kenya partners with World Bank to upgrade poultry farming in the country
The government of Kenya has partnered with World Bank (WB) to upgrade poultry farming in the country. This move will see indigenous...
The promise of disease-resistant cassavas in Rwanda
The Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resource Development
Board (RAB) and researchers have urged farmers to embrace cassava varieties
that will resist diseases and increase...
Post-harvest practices that increase farmer revenue and sales
In Africa, a significant portion of food loss occurs in early stages of the food value chain, mainly due to financial, managerial...
Potato farmers in Rwanda seek subsidies on agro-chemicals
Rwandese smallholder farmers growing Irish Potatoes in the Northern and Western regions have requested the government to extend subsidies on agro-chemicals and...