Nigeria is stepping up efforts to modernise agriculture and strengthen food security through greater investment in agricultural mechanisation, skills development and youth and women empowerment. First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has commended the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security for launching the Agri360 Mechanisation Training Initiative, describing it as a strategic investment in the future ...

Mbilizi hands over equipment she says will cut costs and boost farmer competitiveness Malawi has strengthened its drive to modernise agriculture with the distribution of 15 tractors and a full range of farming implements to cooperatives across the country as part of efforts to improve productivity and promote commercial farming. The equipment was officially handed ...

Nigeria is intensifying its agricultural mechanisation drive as part of broader efforts to reduce food imports and stimulate rural economic growth. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture is expanding partnerships with equipment manufacturers and commercial banks to improve farmer access to tractors, planters and harvesters under flexible financing arrangements. These include leasing schemes and pay-per-use models ...

Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya included, has the lowest uptake of agricultural mechanisation in the world. [File, Standard] While agriculture is the economic activity that contributes the most to Kenya’s GDP, a majority of Kenyans have yet to embrace mechanisation. There is also almost zero use of irrigation, with a majority of farmers relying solely on the ...

BY TOM JACKSON Heifer International, a global non-profit working to end hunger and poverty through sustainable farming, has released a report highlighting how tens of thousands of smallholder African farmers have seen their livelihoods transformed by a tech-driven mechanisation initiative.   The report, titled “Mechanisation for Africa: Innovative Financing for Agricultural  Transformation and Youth Job Creation”, ...