Guide to bountiful harvest as second rainy season starts
Agriculture in Uganda is almost entirely rain-fed. The second rainy season begins mid-August for most parts of the country. But according to the Uganda Meteorological...
Category : Agribusiness
CBN: N791bn disbursed to over 3m farmers under Anchor Borrowers’ Programme
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says over three million farmers have benefitted from the N791 billion disbursed under its Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). Yusuf Yila, CBN’s director of development...
TİKA Supported South Sudanese Farmers
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) provided seeds and agricultural equipment to 500 farmers in South Sudan. 500 kilos of corn, beans, sorghum, peanuts, and...
There is still much we can and must do to empower women in agriculture
There is still much we can and must do to empower women in agriculture Every year, the celebration of Women’s Day in South Africa calls...
Bt Cotton Ready For Harvesting
The anticipated harvest of the cotton by farmers in Embu and Kirinyaga in September this year is expected to boost the dormant ginneries in the...
Kenya plans to boost horticulture exports to China
Kenya is seeking to increase its horticulture exports to China in order to boost its revenues, the industry said on Monday. Ojepat Okisegere, CEO of...
Accelerating Investments in Agriculture to Boost Economy
James Emejo writes that with the increasing public-private sector participation in agriculture, the Integrated Farm Estate approach is a model that should be replicated in...
Technology for agric transformation available in Nigeria – ADB Chief
The Chief Agricultural Economist, African Development Bank (ADB), Abidjan, Dr Jonas Chianu, has declared that Impactful technologies and innovations that could lead to agricultural transformation...
Farmers Embracing Technology To Predict Rainfall
The youth are fast embracing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to modernize and improve agricultural activities in the country to keep the sector at par...
Nigeria: Flood – 382, 208 Farmers to Get FG’s Agricultural Inputs
Kebbi State Governor and Vice Chairman of the National Food Security Council (NFSC) Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, yesterday said no fewer than 382,208 farmers affected by...