RWANDA: Rwarri to irrigate 20 hectares of plantation with solar water pumps
The Rwanda Rural Rehabilitation Initiative (Rwarri) has just launched a solar irrigation project in Ngoma district. It aims to improve the livelihoods of 24,000 farmers...
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Tanzania: Major Inputs Stimulus to Boost Small Scale Farmers
AS the country ushers into New Year 2021 more than 100,600 smallholder farmers in the country will be receiving grain and vegetable seeds’ grants worth...
ICT Adoption can Increase Crop Productivity among young farmers in Tanzania – study shows
A study has shown that the involvement of Africa’s youth in rural development and agriculture will not only boost food security on the continent but...
World’s most expensive sheep sold at Kshs. 53 million
A family on August 27th 2020 sold their six months old sheep at an Auction in Scotland and it became the world’s most expensive sheep. The...
Munya lauds bank’s youth agribusiness training programme
The Ministry of Agriculture is interested in collaborating with the KCB Foundation to expand ongoing programmes from the Foundation’s work on training the youth on...
FAO to scale up response to Fall Armyworm as pest continues to spread
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is increasing efforts aimed at bolstering the global response to Fall Armyworm (FAW), considered one...
Uganda hit hard in the creamy, milky battle in East Africa
A creamy, milky, battle has been going on for a while in the East African Region mostly touching on Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The battle...
Ugandan sugar to hit the Kenyan market after talks
After the collapse of the sugar industry in Kenya, the country is set to receive sugar from Uganda. Kenyan will be receiving 90,000 metric tonnes...
Factors influencing youth access to credit in agriculture
There has been a deliberate effort to attract youth to get into agriculture especially in Africa where a huge chunk of farmers is ageing. While...
Budget 2021: Nigeria proposes lowest funding for women in agribusiness in four years
Women in the agricultural sector contribute 75 -80 per cent of the production in Nigeria. Women in agribusiness will receive the lowest funding in five...