The Tanzania Livestock Research Institute (Taliri) has come up with a new technology to determine chicken body weight. This, they say, will help farmers to sell their chickens depending on their ...
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted Burundi’s project to support the sustainable development of agriculture and livestock value chains in Burundi (PADCAE-B) US $20.55 million. ...
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The World Bank and the French Development Agency have granted US $230m to support Commercial Agriculture Development Project (PDAC) in Angola. The four-component project will help reduce, in some ...
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This article tackles general problems common to the Agri-sector in rising economies.THE CHANGING CONCEPT OF NEEDSOur hunter-gatherer ancestors began trying their hand at farming some 12,000 years ...
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Think of a farmer. Admit it: whatever image sprang to mind, it probably wasn’t a woman. And yet female agriculturalists are making a significant impact as they drive South Africa’s industry forward, ...
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The government of Kenya has partnered with World Bank (WB) to upgrade poultry farming in the country. This move will see indigenous chicken production triple and help meet the country’s rising ...
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The Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resource Development Board (RAB) and researchers have urged farmers to embrace cassava varieties that will resist diseases and increase production from 10 tonnes to ...
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In Africa, a significant portion of food loss occurs in early stages of the food value chain, mainly due to financial, managerial and technical constraints in harvesting and handling techniques as ...
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Rwandese smallholder farmers growing Irish Potatoes in the Northern and Western regions have requested the government to extend subsidies on agro-chemicals and seeds that are often available at high ...
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Globally, reports the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the majority of economically active women in the least-developed countries work in agriculture. Furthermore, and ...
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