Through women's cooperatives, a joint UN programme provides training in agricultural techniques, improved seeds and time-saving machinery, while also granting loans and encouraging ... Read more »
Finding oil reserves comes with tremendous opportunities, including energy independence, the promise of revenue for cash-strapped public budgets to benefit health, education, ... Read more »
The new sorghum variety is expected to produce yields two to three times a year with continuous water supply and at least once when there is water scarcity, says Minister of ... Read more »
The World Food Programme will buy between 75,000 and 100,000 metric tonnes of maize and assist farmers to address among others, the causes of post-harvest losses in key commodity ... Read more »
A 2005 agreement between Ethiopia and the Dutch firm gave it access to 12 teff varieties to develop new teff-based products for the European market. The company was to share the ... Read more »
Uganda is stockpiling their coffee in response to the high demand and low prices being paid by importers of their brew in Europe and elsewhere. Read more »
Using science, technology and innovation could help promote the use of urban agriculture to sustain food and nutrition security in African cities, writes SciDev.Net. Read more »
Halima Sheikh Ali is the proud owner of one of the few ATMs in Wajir town in northeast Kenya. But rather than doling out shilling notes, it dispenses something tastier: a fresh ... Read more »
The Minister of Trade and Investments, Okechukwu Enelamah, has said that the Brookings Report that rated Nigeria as the new global headquarters of poverty should not bother ... Read more »
In Nyanza, retailers have pushed up the cost of Sony Sugar brands due to an increase in demand as most consumers avoid brands from factories linked to the controversial importation ... Read more »
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