The government has set aside over U.S.$1 billion to help farmers with interest-free loans, seeds and equipment to expand their operations and create employment opportunities - this ... Read more »
As Africans begin to think about recovery after the health and economic disasters of COVID-19, food security scholars say more attention to the needs of Africa's small farmers is ... Read more »
The U.S. government has made public a summary of key negotiation points in the proposed bilateral deal, which will see Kenya lift tariffs on all U.S. agricultural products and open ... Read more »
In a bid to revive and develop sisal plantations, the government has announced an intention to revoke all undeveloped farms. The Regional Commissioner, Evarist Ndikilo told Prime ... Read more »
allAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo spoke with Jane Battersby, an Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town's African Centre for Cities, on the need to address malnutrition in ... Read more »
Coffee production has decreased from 6,706 tonnes in 2014/15 to 5,882 in 2018/19 due to a decrease in land for cultivation because of population growth which has led to farmers ... Read more »
The Health Ministry has announced that all local and foreign investors venturing into the production of marijuana will be offered 100% ownership of their farms and licences to ... Read more »
Joyce Kamande and Samuel Rigu, who met at university, are using their childhood experiences on small, struggling farms to help other rural farmers. They have built Safi Organics, a ... Read more »
Safi Organics, a small enterprise located 100 km (60 milles) northeast of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, produces carbon-neutral fertilisers using a waste product from rice ... Read more »
The prolonged nationwide shortage of sugar is because companies permitted to import the sweetener are not directly shipping the product into the country and not docking at ... Read more »
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