Adequate security, farm inputs; solution to food crisis
Some agriculture experts in the South – East have recommended provision of adequate security and inputs for farmers in order to avert impending food crisis...
Category : Agribusiness
Rwanda: World Bank to Inject $300m in Agriculture Sector
The Rwandan economy is projected to grow by 5.1 per cent in 2021 after its first recession since 1994. However, experts say that the path...
Spatial variation in climate impacts on maize yields in Cameroon
In Cameroon, as in other countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), maize is an important staple crop and is consumed in different forms: as fermented dough,...
Tanzania: Costech Out to Reduce Agri-Imports
THE Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) has embarked on a three years programme gearing at reducing import dependency for agriculture related goods. The...
Precision Agriculture & Technology Summit 2021
16th – 17th September 2021 at Radisson Blue Waterfront, Cape Town South Africa The Federated Management Institute invites you to attend/sponsor/partner at the upcoming Precision Agriculture & Technology...
Spatial variation in climate impacts on maize yields in Cameroon
In Cameroon, as in other countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), maize is an important staple crop and is consumed in different forms: as fermented dough,...
Tanzania: Costech Out to Reduce Agri-Imports
THE Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) has embarked on a three years programme gearing at reducing import dependency for agriculture related goods. The...
Kenya: Digitisation Boosts Mechanised Farming Among Kenyan Farmers
When 33-year-old Kimani Mwaniki, an Irish potato farmer in Elburgon, Nakuru County in Kenya’s Rift Valley, heard about a farmer’s virtual school, he didn’t hesitate...
Flood-hit Shabelle farmers plant new seeds
Fadumo Kulow Mohamed briefly returned to her village of Xanlay in southern Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region this month to plant seeds she was given to...
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...