By Esther Favour Illovo sugar Rwanda a subsidiary of Illovo sugar Africa opened its packaging facility in Rwanda and launched its 1kg pre-packed branded brown sugar. The Illovo sugar Rwanda branch was launched on Wednesday at the same time launching its 1kg packed and branded brown sugar as its flagship. The factory is located at ...

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 to adopt new cultivation methods and remain profitable and productive. Extreme weather conditions threaten the livelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers in Zambia. Rain-fed farmlands haven’t been spared as flood waters ...

For the first time in Zambia, a special Ministry of Agriculture committee has endorsed innovative sustainable intensification practices to diversify maize-based farming systems and boost the food and nutritional security of millions of small farm households, while enriching depleted soils. Zambia’s recently formed “National Advisory Committee for the Approval/Validation of Candidate Technologies or Agronomic Practices” ...