Smallholder farmers still hold the key in Uganda
Prosper Maphosa is the General Manager of Amatheon Agri Uganda, a large scale farm with more than 12,000 acres of cultivable land in Nwoya District...
Category : Agribusiness
Investing in crops that feed the Sahel
At the prestigious weeklong Market for Agricultural Innovation and Technology (MITA) held in Dakar Senegal, ICRISAT called for increased investments in crops like sorghum, millet and...
Tanzania to Host the AGRF, Africa’s Food System Forum 2023
Tanzania will host the AGRF 2023 Summit, the announcement was made by Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, the president of the United Republic of Tanzania...
Cotton: Togo launches new commercialization campaign
Togo launched the 2022-2023 cotton commercialization campaign last Friday, December 9. During this campaign, launched in Korbongou (Savanes region), the country should sell 52,000 t...
Ghana: USAID to Support Agriculture Sector With U.S.$ 6 Million Grant
Feed the Future Ghana Market Systems and Resilience (MSR) Activity has announced a $US6 million grant programme to support sustainable on and off-farm employment and...
Plans for digital plant health service in Malawi will benefit over 100,000 smallholder farmers
CABI is leading on the data organization and management of a new project that will see a digital plant health service established in Malawi to...
Maize Deficit To Persist, Despite Minimal Harvest
Consumers of maize flour will have to wait a little bit longer for the prices of Unga to come down. President Dr. William Ruto recently...
Heifer International CEO Visits Key Stakeholders In Rwanda, Reaffirms Commitment To Boosting Self-Reliance Of Smallholder Farmers
Heifer International’s new President and CEO, Surita Sandosham, on a working visit to Rwanda from the 1st – 5th of November 2022, engaged with key...
Nigeria Agricultural Productivity Growing Less Than 1% ― Experts
The Chief Executive of Nigerian Agricultural Mechanisation and Equipment Leasing Company (NAMEL), Dr Ahmed Adekunle, has said that Nigeria’s Agricultural productivity is growing at less...
U.S. Grains Council applauds Kenya’s leadership on GMO crops
After a recent Kenyan governmental task force recommendation regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and food safety, this week, Kenya’s president, William Ruto, lifted the ban...