Tanzania to woo 200,000 young men and women into agriculture each year through tech...
The government of Tanzania has set an ambitious goal of using agritech to lure 200,000 young men and women into agriculture each year in...
Good news for Kenyan growers as government removes ban on raw macadamia exports
Kenyan farmers can now breathe a sigh of relief after the government temporarily lifted the ban on export of raw macadamia nuts which has...
Amaranth, a wonder crop fetching Kenyan farmers over Ksh300,000 per acre in 45-120 days
In 2018 the government of Kenya in a move to stem over-reliance on maize and subsequent consumption of ugali introduced a policy to push...
Ensuro, Ibisa and Fortune Credit partner to launch “ResilientGrowth”, an innovative blockchain-based product for...
Ensuro, in collaboration with climate insurtech experts Ibisa and microfinance specialists Fortune Credit, has developed a weather product called "ResilientGrowth" to support Kenyan farmers...
Kenya partners with IFC in Ksh306m plan to boost grain storage for smallholder farmers
Post-harvest losses could soon be a thing of the past for small-scale grain farmers in Kenya following Ksh306m investment plan partnership between International Finance...
Victory Farms Poised for Further Growth after successful Series B Drive
East Africa’s fastest-growing aquaculture platform, Victory Farms, has successfully completed its Series B capital-raising drive to fund the expansion of its operations in Kenya,...
WFP trains 200 WFP trained govt agric officers in Egypt
THE World Food Programme (WFP) trained more than 200 agricultural workers from Egypt’s ministries of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Water Resources and Irrigation and...
New wheat variety adoption key to Malawi’s food security
Scientists at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) are helping to scale up wheat production and productivity in Malawi.
The ongoing political conflict...
A maize mill is helping students, families pay school fees in rural Uganda
By M. Scott Frank -The InteRoots Initiative Executive Director and Co-Founder
A maize mill in a rural community in Uganda is not only bringing community...
Kenya to double its avocado export in the next five years as demand increases
Kenya is planning to double its avocado export from Sh15 billion to Sh30 billion annually in the next five years following increasing demand of...