Nyandarua Resident Urged To Fully Exploit New Irrigation Network
Nyandarua County Commissioner Benson Leparmorijo has called on the residents to take advantage of the envisaged expansion of the irrigation network to grow high value...
Author : Brenna
EIMA Digital Preview warms up its engines
Three days after opening registrations, more than a thousand businesspeople from all over the world have already registered for EIMA Digital Preview, the virtual preview...
Ugandan Doctor Wins Africa’s Food Award
Dr André Bationo and Dr Catherine Nakalembe have been announced as the 2020 winners of the Africa Food Prize (AFP) for their exceptional contribution towards...
Government Official Invades White Farmers Land After Zimbabwe Promised to Settle Seized Farm Disputes
A government official has invaded a farm owned by a white commercial land owner in Zimbabwe, a month after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that evicted...
Young farmers need finance, know-how
Over the past 20 years, sub-Saharan Africa has registered the highest rate of agricultural production in the world. There have been knock-on effects with the...
Co-operative Development Foundation supports 10,000 farmers in Upper West Region
The Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada (CDF-Canada) is supporting about 10,000 smallholder farmers in the Wa West District to counter the impact of the Covid-19...
Ammonium Sulphate Fertilizer not suitable for soils in UWR
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has declared the ammonium sulphate fertilizer unsuitable for use on soils and crops in the Upper West Region....
Why cotton industry needs more attention if it’s to recover to its former glory
The cotton industry, once a leading source of gross domestic product, livelihood and ranked only second to the Public Service in terms of employment remains...
Small-scale pig farmer implements commercial practices
Buti Malinga, together with his sister, Cathy, started Vukani Piggery in 2008 with nine sows after they acquired the 154ha farm, Bronkhorstfontein, near Vanderbijlpark through...
COVID-19 ‘perfect storm’ for African food security
COVID-19’s arrival in Africa has exacerbated pre-existing major challenges to the continent’s food production and nutrition security. These include droughts, floods, extreme temperatures, outbreaks of...