On International Women’s Day, the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will kick off a campaign aimed at closing the gender gap in agriculture by drawing attention to the often overlooked contributions that rural women in developing countries make to rural ...

Jacques Taylor - John Deere MD Africa John Deere has welcomed the R3.7billion allocation announced in the 2019 Budget Speech to assist emerging black farmers in acquiring land and title deeds, which it believes will complement the proposed blended finance model and assist in building a more ...

Angola has received US $24.9m from the National Statistics Office (INE). These funds are to be used to facilitate the Agricultural and Fisheries Census (RAPP) in the country. The director general of the institution, Camilo Ceita said that the activity is financed by the World Bank and will ...

The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) has embarked on electronic trading system of soya bean and chickpea for purposes of enhancing foreign trade transaction. The system is set to enable institutions to undertake the transactions in the electronic center that the previous transaction lacks. The ...

The Ugandan government has passed the Genetic Engineering Regulatory Bill, 2018. The bill will serve to provide a regulatory framework for safe development and application of biotechnology and release of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The same bill had been passed earlier on this year ...

Mr. Harinder Pal Singh Bajwa, an Indian investor, is set to pump US $200m into Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector. The move has since been attributed to the new economic policies put in place under the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa. The investment in Mashonaland West's agricultural sector ...

Mulching is the process of covering the soil surface around the plants in order to create favorable conditions for the crop growth. This may include moisture and soil conservation, temperature moderation, salinity and weed control etc. Ideally, mulching has a significant effect on earliness, yield ...

2017 World Food Prize Laureate and President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina With over 800 million people worldwide suffering from hunger and more than two billion affected by malnutrition, food insecurity remains a real threat to global development Addressing a standing room ...

By Udeme Etukeyen AKWA IBOM, Nigeria, - Seen from afar, Nigeria is one large African nation and the continent's most robust economy, but within the powerhouse that Nigeria represents there are several engines that drive the economy. Best known is Lagos State, which includes Nigeria's ...

Agribank has secured US $10min order to support agricultural exporters as well as value addition for agro processors. The funds, sourced from the Egypt-based African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) are part of efforts to deepen Agribank's support for agriculture. The bank’s CEO Mr. Sam Malaba ...