L-R: The vice president, John Deere, Jason Braintley; Chairman, Flour Mills Nigeria, John Coumantaros; Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Abduallahi; and Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari during the meeting. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari has revealed that the ministry will facilitate the production of ...

The Commonwealth Secretariat, in collaboration with the Government of Ghana, this week convened a multi-stakeholder dialogue to explore the development of a national approach to agricultural data infrastructure in Ghana. The dialogue brought together government, academia, research institutions, the private sector, and civil society representatives to discuss the challenges and opportunities of harnessing data to ...

Husqvarna’s Versatile TF 545DE Diesel Tiller – The Small Farmer’s “Swiss Army Knife” Solution For small farmers, keeping production costs as low as possible isn’t just a financial strategy, it’s a survival tactic. With profit margins that are often as narrow as a furrow, every Rand conserved is a victory won – so innovations that ...

The National Initiative for Sustainable and Climate-Smart Oil Palm Smallholder (NI-SCOPS), in collaboration with Solidaridad, IDH and other stakeholders, are strategizing on leveraging climate-smart agriculture to boost palm oil production in Nigeria. Oil palm plantation The stakeholders met at a workshop tagged “Achieving an Economic and Social Ecological Resilient Palm Oil Sector: Context and Policy ...

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi. PHOTO/Print LEASE: The government’s plan to lease land in Zambia to produce maize to supplement local supply has received conditional support from parliament, seven months after it expressed the interest. Parliamentary Agriculture Committee confirmed that the declared idea is valid and achievable but only if the government agrees to support ...

Heifer Nigeria is thrilled to announce the winners of the AYuTe (Africa, Youth and Technology) Nigeria Challenge 2023. After an intensive journey spanning 5 months that included business incubation, mentorship, and a final pitching session with a panel of experts, Heifer Nigeria is delighted to present the top 3 winners of the AYuTe Nigeria Challenge ...

Enterprises in the agribusiness sector in Africa have been urged to take advantage of the emerging opportunities in the agriculture and natural resources management space to grow and sustain their future. The Reverend Dr. John Manu, Ashanti Regional Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), who made the call, said there were huge ...

Sub-Saharan Africa’s  small-scale farmers, who account for more than half of the continent’s workforce, must be a focus of climate conference COP 28, according to experts at a press briefing organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Agricultural innovation and supporting farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia is a top focus area for the ...

Reviving agriculture is critical to fostering economic growth and tackling widespread extreme poverty in the Central African Republic (CAR), says the World Bank’s first Poverty Assessment report for the country. With 70% of the country’s working-age population dependent on farming, fixing agriculture offers the most direct way to improve livelihoods and feed people, says the report, ...

In 2021, Mlimi Pay, a fintech startup developed Mlimi Digital Wallet, a mobile solution designed exclusively to meet the financial needs of smallholder farmers in Malawi. The word Mlimi means “farmer” in the Chichewa language. Despite a successful maize harvest last season, Patrick Thimisoni, a smallholder farmer on the outskirts of Lilongwe, is struggling to ...