The International Trade Center continues to provide comprehensive support to farmers and various agriculture stakeholders in Africa with a focus on promoting sustainable and ... Read more »
Farming is a major driver of Rwanda's economic growth, and the sector employs over 80 per cent of the population. Read more »
The government has been urged to create favourable conditions for investors and for better co-operation between small and large farmers in the tea sector. Read more »
African ministers at the Food and Agriculture Organization meeting on Rome say, wealthy countries are still subsidising their farmers and this undermines market access for some of ... Read more »
Close to 10 percent of the world's cotton comes from Africa. Most of this cotton is then taken to Asia for further manufacturing. Could Africa's textile industry make a comeback, ... Read more »
Ethiopia has been ranked first and Kenya second among top 10 coffee growing countries by a group of 11 roasters and writers of a U.S. lifestyle website. Read more »
The 2014 Miss Uganda pageant is particularly trying to recruit women aged between 18 and 25 into farming. There's also a new, unlikely sponsor: the Ugandan army, writes InterPress ... Read more »
The Yara prize for the year 2014 has been awarded to Minister of Agriculture, Tekalign Mamo Assefa, for his efforts to improve the livelihoods of farmers through his scientific ... Read more »
The government has adjusted the price of rice, the country's staple food, as well as other essential commodities on the market. The action comes at a time businesses are ... Read more »
The agriculture sector is more effective than the oil and gas sectors not only at creating jobs but boosting growth, says the Africa Progress Panel and Sipho Moyo of One at the ... Read more »
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