Satellite imagery to aid Uganda farmers boost yields by solving climate change challenges
Geoscientists are planning use satellite imagery to access accurate information on specific farms and analyse it in a bid to help Uganda farmers attain...
Kenya to turn 500,000 acres of idle public land into maize production fields to...
Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to put 500,000 acres of idle land belonging to various state corporations for maize production in the recent...
ISF partners with Israeli organisation to bring quality seed revolution in Rwanda
International Seed Federation (ISF) has partnered with Fair Planet, an Israeli non-profit organization to launch a Seed Resilience project in Rwanda in a bid...
Adaptive Integrated Aqua-Agriculture Research Tackles Food and Nutrition Security in East Africa.
By PrAEctiCe Consortium
International research consortium PrAEctiCE, a Horizon Europe project, has been granted
EUR 7 million by the European Commission over 3.5 years to guide...
Essymart Africa is participating in GITEX Africa 2023
Essymart Africa is an Agtech social enterprise that delivers Tech-enabled solutions to promote food security, improve farmer quality of life. Essymart sources genuine quality...
Young Rwandan lady develops mobile app to enhance potato production
Clemence Uwamutarambirwa, a 24-year-old Rwandan lady has developed a mobile phone application set to enhance potato production in the country.
The Smart Potato Greenhouse Technology...
Shisha tobacco takes Zimbabwe farmers by storm
More Zimbabwe farmers are now venturing into the newly introduced shisha tobacco farming as the crops’ varieties are desired by the producers of tobacco...
IFAD President and President of Kenya agree to accelerate agriculture and adapt to climate...
On his first official visit to Kenya, Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), met with William Ruto, President of...
Kenya urban farming has potential to create resilient city, town families during crisis
Although it may not offer complete solution to poor city and town dwellers’ economic and food security problems as has been the claim, urban...
Kenya canola smallholders to enjoy global prices courtesy of contract farming with local oil...
Small-scale canola farmers in Kenya are set to enjoy global prices for their canola seeds after entering into contract farming with a local oil...