Guzakuza launches a platform to support women in the Agribusiness sector...
Women constitute a greater percentage of the working force in the Agric sector in Africa, yet it is strenuous for them to get financial...
FAO seeking $428.5m to address needs in the food and agriculture...
In a bid to counter threats to food security, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has released a revised appeal for $428.5 million under...
Initiative Rescue Cacao builds Cooperative Members Capacity on gender and finance...
Program Officer of Initiative Rescue Cacao, Mr. Hamed Diarasouba has expressed that effective cooperatives are the key to healthy sustainability in the cocoa industry.
He...
Rwf1bn to be invested in new fertilizers for wheat and beans.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) has commended Rwanda Fertilizer Company (RFC) for supporting Rwandan smallholder farmers with a comprehensive package enabling...
AGRA Announces Dr. Debisi Araba as Managing Director of AGRF.
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has announced Dr. Debisi Araba as the Managing Director of AGRF to its Partners and...
Gambia moves to reverse the trend of hiking food prices across...
The prices for basic foodstuffs are rising in Africa, as market women stock on essentials and sellers seek profits amid the restrictions brought on...
Food Safety Task Force Inaugurated.
The inkling that food safety is only observed at the production level is an illusion. Food safety is ensured when the food gets to...
Female cocoa farmers paid as little as 23p a day.
The average female cocoa farmer is paid as little as 23p a day, highlighting a gender pay gap in the global chocolate industry, according...
Farmers stuck with pineapples as prices drop to Shs 700.
The price of pineapples in Luweero district has dropped from Shs 2,000 to Shs 700 per piece following a bumper harvest.
The price reduction is...
Zimbabwe’s Farmers Lament: ‘The Taxes Are Just Too Much’.
Zimbabwe’s agricultural minister told officials this week that the country has only 100,000 tonnes of maize left in its strategic reserves – enough to...
