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Rwanda: Youth Participation – Making Agriculture Pay for Young Farmers
By Susan Asiimwe While much scrutiny has often been placed on Sub-Saharan Africa’s agriculture as an ‘industry for the aged’, more than 60% of ... -
Gambia: URR Women Urge Barrow to Boost Productive Capacity
By Adama Jallow Women of Wulli East and West and Sandou constituencies have highlighted their concerns to President Adama Barrow to intervene and give ... -
Liberia: WASUDEV Trains Women in Agribusiness – Calls On Them to Be Innovative
Women in Agriculture for Sustainable Development (WASUDEV) has ended a day-long capacity-building training for women in agriculture in Paynesville City. The Women in Agriculture ... -
Tanzania Authorities Battle to Save Drying Rivers
By Mariam Said and Esther Takwa PHOTOS and satellite images show how the worst drought in recent years has pushed the Great Ruaha River ... -
Zambia: Female Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
By Kathy Short And Chrispin Mwakideu As Africa grapples with the impact of climate change, a UN-funded project is helping women farmers in Zambia ... -
Solynta and RegenZ Partner to Bring Hybrid Potatoes to South Africa
WAGENINGEN (The Netherlands) & PIETERMARITZBURG (South Africa) — November 3, 2022 — South African seed potato producer RegenZ and European hybrid potato seed innovator ... -
Ghana Can Turn Climate Challenges into Opportunities
The World Bank Group’s new Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for Ghana estimates that at least one million more people could fall into poverty due to climate ... -
New dawn for Nigeria’s agriculture with special agro-industrial processing zones
By Fredrick Nwabufo Nigeria is a country that has been dependent of oil for much of its 62 years as an independent nation. However, ... -
South Africa: Farmers and Unions Are in Agony
By Noko Masipa MP – DA Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development During the latter part of the week, AgriSA held ... -
South Africa: Premier Unveils Programme to Enhance Agricultural Production
KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has unveiled the Multi-Planting Season Programme, which aims to provide necessary assistance to underprivileged farmers and ensure that thousands of ...
