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Using Digital Innovation to Boost Africa's Smallholder Farmers

The 9th edition of the Alliance for a Green Revolution Forum will run from September 3rd to 6th in Accra, Ghana, under the theme - "Grow Digital: Leveraging Digital Transformation to Drive Sustainable Food Systems in Africa." allAfrica's Melody Chironda reports.

Africa: It's Time for Women to Claim a Voice in Agriculture

allAfrica, 6 September 2019

It is said that women are the backbone of the family and the bedrock of a nation, but yet we hardly hear about their successes and triumphs. Read more »

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Bonolo Monthe's Maungo Craft is a gourmet preserve company.

Africa: Ghana's Isaac Sesi and Botswana's Bonolo Monthe Win the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize

allAfrica, 4 September 2019

The two entrepreneurs were awarded for their innovative ventures in the agri-food sector. Read more »

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Isaac Sesi's project Sesi Technologies is an agri-tech company.
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The AGRF 2019 in Accra, Ghana.

Africa: Can Africa Feed Africa?

allAfrica, 3 September 2019

Did you ever think that they will be a time where farmers can monitor their crops or the movement of their animals without having to go to the farm. Read more »
Africa: Uganda's Dr. Emma Naluyima and Senegal's Baba Dioum Share 2019 Africa Food Prize

allAfrica, 3 September 2019

Uganda's Dr. Emma Naluyima and Senegal's Baba Dioum have been honoured with the prestigious 2019 Africa Food Prize for their commendable effort in demonstrating and promoting… Read more »
Africa: Using Digital Innovation to Boost Africa's Smallholder Farmers #AGRF2019

allAfrica, 3 September 2019

The African Green Revolution Forum is a platform for global and African leaders to develop actionable plans that will move African agriculture forward. Read more »
Africa: Africa Bags €127 Million Along Agric Value Chain - Report

Ghanaian Times, 3 September 2019

Africa realised revenue of 127 million euros along the agriculture value chain last year, despite the availability of a market valued at 2.3 billion euro, the Digitisation of… Read more »
Africa: Small Businesses Soaring, Driving Growth Across African Agriculture

AGRA, 3 September 2019

New report finds 64% of food consumed in Africa is handled by millions of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), creating vast opportunities for family and women farmers Read more »
Ghana: From the Field - Restoring Life to Ghana's Land

UN News, 2 September 2019

Subsistence farmers in Ghana are learning how to hold back the decline in the fertility of the smallholdings they cultivate while revitalizing their soils as desertification… Read more »