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...
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How Market Knowledge is Powering Africa’s Solar Irrigation Sector
‘Know your customers’ is arguably the first rule of marketing. By identifying and segmenting customer groups, companies can target their products and services to 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...
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...