Potato farmers in Kenya suffer losses
Potato farmers in Nakuru,
Kenya are counting losses following low prices of the commodity amid high
production costs. The output...
IFAD invests €77.7 million in Niger for food and nutrition security and climate change...
The
International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD)
today announced a new project that will boost support for about 210,000 poor
rural...
Mustapha Diyaol-Haqq: millennial prodigy behind the AI wave that is Okuafo Foundation
Mustapha Diyaol-Haqq was raised in Old
Tafo, in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. He is a Software Developer and a Code
Instructor at Ghana Code...
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...
IFAD’s Sara Mbago-Bhunu to Join Renowned Global South Experts on Commission on Sustainable Agricultural...
A
national of Tanzania, Sara Mbago-Bhunu, IFAD’s director for the Eastern and
Southern Africa Division, is among twenty-two renowned experts from across the
Global South...
ITFC: Africa’s Trade Solutions Championing Partner in Agricultural Development
General Manager for Trade and Development, Nasser M. Al-Thekair. Mr. Al-Thekair
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation...
FARMVEST SEALS MORINGA CONTRACT, EYES GLOBAL MARKE
Farmvest
Agricapital SA secures a multi-year contract agreement for production and
processing of Moringa
Farmvest Agricapital a SA based...
Nestlé partners with IDH’s Grown Sustainably in Africa programme to boost local sourcing in...
Nestlé has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative (www.IDHSustainableTrade.com), as part of the Grown Sustainably in Africa (GSA)...
Kenyan tech start-ups make it to Google’s Accelerator program for their agricultural innovation
Two Kenyan tech start-ups will be participating in this year's Google’s Accelerator program on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The two start-ups emerged...
African farmers lose export market access amidst COVID-19 crisis
Millions of African smallholder farmers who grow fruits and vegetables
(FFV) for export have lost market access as flights are canceled and borders
restricted...