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Kenya launches electronic platform to boost food security
Kenya on Thursday launched an electronic platform that will boost food security in the country. Peter Munya, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives said that the Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) will enable farmers and agricultural commodity traders to store their produce in exchange for a warehouse receipt (WR) which can ...AGRICULTURAL TRENDS TO WATCH IN AFRICA IN 2022
Farming, one of the world’s oldest industries, is beset by numerous challenges; scarcity of arable land, the spread of pests and diseases, biodiversity loss, and increasing climate change pressures. Another projected strain for the agricultural sector is the burgeoning world population; the global population is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030 and 9.8 billion ...Africa can bridge digital divide if it scales innovations in e-commerce and agritech
Herbert Agaba uses a drone to spray pesticides at a rice farm in Lukaya, Kalungu District in Uganda. PHOTO | AFP Summary While the digital divide persists, African countries have an opportunity to scale the innovations in the agriculture and e-commerce sectors from the past two years. Scaling these innovations, which are often driven by ...Rwanda: Only 18 Percent of Youth in Agriculture Use Agri-Tech Innovation – Survey
By Michel Nkurunziza A new report dubbed “The Future of Africa’s Agriculture – An assessment of the role of Youth and Technology” has established that despite having 45 per cent of youth being engaged in agriculture, only 18 per cent of them use agri-tech innovation in Rwanda. The survey conducted by Heifer International interviewed 29,954 ...
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Kenya launches electronic platform to boost food security
Kenya on Thursday launched an electronic platform that will boost food security in the country. Peter Munya, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries ...
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Egypt: PM Follows Up On Situation of Nitrogen Fertilizers System
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli presided over a meeting Thursday 20/1/2022 to follow up on the situation related to the nitrogen fertilizers system and ways to meet ...West Africa: Bringing Dry Land in the Sahel Back to Life
Photo FAO/Giulio Napolitano/Dry land in the Sahel Millions of hectares of farmland are lost to the desert each year in Africa’s Sahel region, but the UN ...Ministers of Agriculture launch common agenda for farmers
Ministers of Agriculture of Africa and the Americas have promised their commitment to work together, to develop a cooperation agenda, to address common challenges and opportunities ...Bringing degraded African land back to life
The Delfino plough creates half-moon shapes across the landscape to catch water for planting seedlings and restoring land © FAO/Giulio Napolitano Farming in the Sahel region ...
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