Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Agriculture in Ethiopia
The gender division of labor in Ethiopia hinders women smallholders’ efforts to improve productivity to close the gap with men’s farms. There is substantial evidence...
Category : Agribusiness
Livestock for food and nutrition security in Malawi: Policy gaps, needs and opportunities
Malawi’s growing population is expected to place an increasing demand on its food production systems but the country’s smallholder farmers, the providers of the nation’s...
Kenya: Smart greenhouses save water and space
A hydroponics greenhouse in Kenya is shaping the modern agribusiness in Africa. Tech entrepreneur Charles Oduk hopes to inspire farmers in other arid areas with...
Government price support initiative is blessing to farmers
The Papua New Guinea government has brought forth two major incentives that are the commodities price support and the freight subsidy scheme. In the year...
Namibia: Agriculture Remains Engine Behind Economy
During the third quarter of 2021, Namibia recorded a trade surplus of N$2.7 billion on agriculture, forestry and fishing products. The positive trade balance was...
Overcoming impacts of desert locusts, drought and displacement through climate-smart agriculture practices and tools in Somaliland
FAO’s desert locust response programme is supporting rural farming households to address acute food insecurity in rural areas while contributing to mitigate further displacement. Forty-three-year-old...
Zimbabwe: Businessman Nabbed Selling Command Agric Fertiliser
A 42-year-old man from Raffingora in Mashonaland West province is set to appear in court following his recent arrest for selling fertiliser he got courtesy...
FRA Farmer Payments Start
ZANIS/NAIS-Farmers in Luapula Province who supplied Maize to the Food Reserve Agency -FRA- have started getting paid. And Luapula Province Minister DERRICK CHILUNDIKA, who checked...
5 Critical Food Issues the Minister for Agriculture Should Pay Attention to in 2022
Happy new year to all farmers and agricultural sector stakeholders across the country who are working to keep Ghana food secure. In 2021, this nation...
Government urged to boost soil production to enhance food security
Dr Edward Yeboah, the Acting Director of CSIR Soil Research Institute, has urged stakeholders to support the government to boost soil production to advance agricultural...