AGRICULTURE WILL MAKE OR BREAK AFRICA’S FREE TRADE – FAO
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) holds the potential to lift millions of people out of poverty and end chronic food insecurity in Africa....
Category : Featured
Featured posts
AFRICAN RAINFORESTS SLOW CLIMATE CHANGE DESPITE RECORD HEAT, DROUGHT
Africa’s tropical forests appear more resilient as carbon sinks than Amazonian rainforests – mopping up planet-warming carbon dioxide even when sizzling El Nino heat halted...
Maire Tecnimont Group Starts Preliminary Work On A Renewable Power-to-Fertilizer Plant In Kenya
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiaries MET Development, Stamicarbon and NextChem have started work on a renewable power–to-fertilizer plant in Kenya. MET Development has signed an agreement with Oserian Development Company for the development...
Over 4 000 hectares put under winter wheat
More than 4 000 hectares have so far been put under winter wheat, as farmers are urged to intensify planting to beat the May 31...
Science fund targets agriculture innovations in West Africa
The Partnership for skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET), one of Africa’s biggest science funds, is rolling out €2.7 million (about US$3.3 million)...
House Committee Calls For Increased Budget Allocation On Agriculture
The National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Agriculture, has urged the government to increase budget allocation on the agricultural sector so as to help in developing...
Agroecology movement is not against modern technologies – Peasant farmers
Though many agroecology promoters take a strict stance against the use of modern farming tools and technology, advocates in Ghana have signaled they’re open to...
Tambuwal urges farmers to embrace dry season farming
Governor Aminu Tambuwal has advised farmers to embrace dry season farming to boost food security in the country. Tambuwal, represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture,...