The three-year European Union-funded project aims to put coffee-farming in the hands of young people by encouraging land-owning farmers to let younger family members use their ... Read more »
While donkeys are famous for being stubborn, they're apparently also popular for their meat and leather. Ethiopia is looking to cash in on the global demand for their products by ... Read more »
The Tanzania cashew nuts industry will soon be processing 5,000 tonnes of cashew nuts per year with help from a Chinese firm. Trade and Investment Minister, Joseph Kakunda says the ... Read more »
The government has taken a tough stance on GMOs following the Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute's unauthorized release of trial results. The institute had also proceeded to ... Read more »
The government has set aside U.S.$53 million to compensate white farmers affected during the Land Reform Programme - but the Commercial Farmers Union says the money is not enough ... Read more »
While cooperatives have commended President John Magufuli's intervention, they have warned that this should not happen at the expense of other stakeholders in the business of ... Read more »
Tree hopping involves digging up mature trees where they grow close together and relocating them to areas where forest is more scarce, writes Thomson Reuters Foundation. Read more »
Scientists are warning that the food crisis in Nigeria will worsen, if a decision is not made soon to use innovation and technology in the food industry to boost productivity and ... Read more »
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has deployed the military to buy cashew nuts directly from farmers in the southern region of the country. Magufuli rejected offers from 13 firms ... Read more »
Overdependence on rain tellingly annoys Eda Chibuti, a smallholder vegetable farmer in Chamwino District. The 36-year-old cannot meaningfully irrigate crops as infrastructure is ... Read more »
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