President Peter Mutharika has officially launched the US $95m Agriculture Commercialization Project (AGCOM) project in Malawi. The funds, which were acquired as a loan from the World Bank, will be ...
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The Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) is running a pilot on True Potato Seeds, hybrid potatoes which are produced by Solynta, a Dutch firm. The true Potato Seeds are collected from the berries or ...
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Designed to be ‘Good for You, Good for the Planet and Good for Farmers’, IFAD’s new podcast series raises awareness on the challenges smallholder farmers face, highlighting the need to invest more in ...
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Small-scale farmers in developing countries are already suffering from a changing climate they did not cause – with lower crop yields, reduced water availability, price spikes and increased food ...
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The Independent Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Sierra Leone are holding a half-day workshop in Freetown to share the findings ...
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10 500 heads of cattle have died as a result of lack of pasture and drinking water in three southern provinces of Zimbabwe. This comes at a time when what is reportedly the worst drought in recent ...
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Wefarm the digital network for global small-scale agriculture, today announced it has raised $13 million in a Series A financing round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm True Ventures . ...
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Income, $ per person per day. Source: Smallholder Farmers’ DataPortrait. Asking 'how many farmer Africa needs', or for that matter, any continent/country needs, is the same as asking 'how many ...
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US- based agrarian equipment manufacturer AGCO and Kenya’s Equity Bank have signed a deal that will see the latter provide up to 80% financing to customers interested in acquiring Massey agricultural ...
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A new €81.9 million project will help more than 1 million vulnerable small-scale farmers in Chad improve their incomes and food security and boost an underperforming agricultural sector hampered by ...
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