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How Kenya can fix the potato value chain
A potato trader at Eldoret Market in Uasin Gishu county on August 2, 2021. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard] By Dominic Omondi The furore that was ... -
Should we start rethinking urban agriculture and food provisioning?
With rising global environmental effects and food production and consumption security challenges, establishing sustainable and resilient food systems will necessitate innovative methods, technologies, techniques, ... -
Rwanda: How Training Is Helping Women Farmers Grow
By JohnPaul Sesonga A rural women’s initiative, backed by the World Food Programme and its partners, is empowering smallholder farmers In sub-Saharan Africa, more ... -
Africa Takes Inspiration From Chinain Reforestation
China’s experience in reforestation and fighting desertification has injected lots of inspiration into Africa, which needs to curb the alarming expansion of the Sahara ... -
The advantages of Perlite in cannabis farming
5 October 2021: The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has unveiled a masterplan to industrialise and commercialise the R28 billion cannabis ... -
South Africa: Western Cape Agriculture Distributes Indigenous Trees to Restore Ecological Infrastructure
Yesterday, the Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, donated indigenous trees to various organizations during the Western Department of Agriculture’s (WCDoA’s) annual ...
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How Kenya can fix the potato value chain
A potato trader at Eldoret Market in Uasin Gishu county on August 2, 2021. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard] By Dominic Omondi The furore that was channelled through social media, with the hashtag ‘BoycottKFC’ trending on Twitter, was inflamed by a KFC tweet on Monday that it had run out of potato chips. ‘Insensitive’ is the word ...Should we start rethinking urban agriculture and food provisioning?
With rising global environmental effects and food production and consumption security challenges, establishing sustainable and resilient food systems will necessitate innovative methods, technologies, techniques, and procedures. Food production systems, particularly those in cities, have experienced significant innovation and improvement in recent years. Distributed food production systems and urban agriculture are becoming more prominent as a ...Rwanda: How Training Is Helping Women Farmers Grow
By JohnPaul Sesonga A rural women’s initiative, backed by the World Food Programme and its partners, is empowering smallholder farmers In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 60 percent of women are employed in agriculture and yet their potential as farmers and entrepreneurs is often limited due to gender inequalities, reduced access to farming inputs such as ...Africa Takes Inspiration From Chinain Reforestation
China’s experience in reforestation and fighting desertification has injected lots of inspiration into Africa, which needs to curb the alarming expansion of the Sahara desert, Ethiopian experts have said. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently estimated that by 2030, Africa will lose two thirds of its arable land if the march of ...
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