Nova Farm wants to provide a solution to a crucial issue across Africa: protein deficiency. The field of soaring cornstalks and abundant ears looks more like Iowa than the dry Kayonza Province in eastern Rwanda. Just a few yards away, widely spaced plants that are barely more than three feet tall are more typical of local farmers’ fields. The dramatic difference points to a solution to a crucial problem in Rwanda and across Africa: protein deficiency.
Agrihouse Foundation in partnership with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has launched the University of Ghana Agric Students Career and Mentorship Dialogue (UG-AG-STUD) at the University of Ghana, Legon. This is to develop the students’ abilities and leadership skills, create opportunities in the corporate world of Agribusiness in their communities.
THE closure of land borders in Nigeria has saved the local poultry industry more than N50 billion and the rice industry, experts have said.
The Ghanaian international movie awards winner, a politician, an astute and a great farmer, John Dumelo has revealed that he started Farming when he was 10 years old. He said even though he was a kid by then, he had the passion to do farming which he failed at his first attempt of food production.
Tourists enjoy a walk on the canopy in Nyungwe National Park in Rusizi District. According to the Ministry of Environment, Rwanda has reached 30 per cent forest cover target. / Courtesy.
Ghanaian cocoa farmer Samuel Tetteh-Korboe has won the 2019 International Cocoa Awards at a ceremony in Paris, France on Wednesday, October 30, 2019.
Almost a quarter of farmers who have signed onto the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) have withdrawn from the scheme since its inception.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Soybean Innovation Lab, in collaboration with the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), on 22nd October 2019 will host the 5th Annual Soybean Kick-off Event in Nyankpala, Ghana.
Capacity building remains a critical tool that must not be discounted if we will effectively bridge the gap that exists between Agric and other sectors.
U.S. regulators on Friday gave the green light for genetically modified cotton to be used for human consumption, paving the way for a protein-packed new food source – edible cottonseed that tastes a bit like chickpeas – that its developers said could help tackle global malnutrition.
