UGANDA: UNDP and COMESA boost climate-smart agriculture
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have launched a Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) initiative in...
Category : Irrigation
Farmers Urged To Embrace Solar Pumps For Irrigation
Farmers in Kakamega County have been encouraged to adopt solar pumping systems to pump water for irrigation and for domestic use. Speaking during a water...
TiKA Supports Establishment of Modern Agricultural Infrastructure and Access to Clean Water in Kenya
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) built a drilling well and established agricultural land infrastructure in the Wajir-Eldas region of Kenya to provide access to...
Nigeria: Borno Govt to Support 10,000 Irrigation Farmers
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno said his administration was planning to support 10,000 irrigation farmers in 2022. Zulum made this known while addressing some of...
Egypt’s irrigation minister discusses Victoria-Mediterranean naval linkage project, GERD with US officials
Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel-Ati discussed on Saturday with the US deputy ambassador to Cairo and other US officials a planned...
Tanzania Steps Up Climate Change Mitigation, Irrigation Farming to Sustain Food Security
The Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Prof Siza Tumbo, has said the government of Tanzania was working with diverse stakeholders in an...
Malawi: Greenbelt Authority Partners Zimbabwean Firm for Investment in Commercial Irrigation in Malawi
Greenbelt Authority (GBA) and Maka Resources from Zimbabwe have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), effectively enabling the two companies to start investing in large-scale...
Sudan launches massive livestock vaccination campaign
The livestock vaccination campaign in South Darfur comes with the support of the US Agency for Development and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization...
KENYA: New irrigation system serves 457 farmers’ homes in Murang’a
In Kenya, an irrigation project will be completed by the end of 2021 in Murang’a County. The county government is implementing the project under the...
Govt commits over N$8bn to water sector
The government has committed at least N$8.31 billion over the next seven years towards the water sector programme. In June last year, the Namibian government...