Kenyan youth generating good income from in little-known earthworm farming
In 2013 after completing his secondary education George Muturi decided to venture in vermiculture (rearing of earthworms), a not-so-famous farming activity among Kenyan farmers....
Mineral Mining to Improve Soil Quality in African Agriculture
The world’s population is above 8 billion and rising quickly. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects it will increase to 9.7 billion by 2050,...
Kenya devices strategies to revive cotton farming in key growing areas
The government of Kenya has come up with various strategies towards reviving cotton production among smalholder farmers in key production areas where the crop...
Africa Food Systems Forum 2023 launched in Tanzania
Her Excellency Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, has today officially launched Africa’s Food System Forum 2023, Africa’s premier...
SA woman carves path through chicken farming
Ramokone Sannah Kwakwa, 23, has garnered a large following on TikTok for her poultry farming.
She sells slaughtered chickens, chicken manure, live chickens, fire wood,...
Uganda initiates agriculture digitalization programme to woo more youth into farming
The government of Uganda has come up with agriculture digitalization programme aimed at encouraging more youth into faming to boost their income and improve...
Zim farmer turns small rural land into viable enterprises
A Zimbabwean farmer, Nkosibona Satenga-Dube, has turned his rural homestead in Insiza District, Matabeleland South province into a viable and highly intensive farming project.
The...
FAO starts soil doctors programme
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has started an international programme to assess the condition of soils and guiding farmers in remedying soil problems through...
Boosting Desert Locust control capacities in Eastern Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) handed over a spray aircraft to the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa...
World Water Day: Industrial farming’s assault on fresh water must end, experts warn
In advance of World Water Day on Wednesday 22 March, experts are warning that time is running out - we must stop industrial farming’s...