Much of the continent’s food perishes before it gets to market because its farmers are starved of knowledge and of resources. In the village of Kura, in Kano State, Nigeria, where he grew up, with his grandfather, he lost half of his tomatoes after each
In 2018, global chocolate consumption was recorded by the Innova Market research at 6 million metric tonnes, a 2.5% increase over the past five years, and there are no signs of this slowing down. Although Africa is typically the continent most associated with the cocoa
To further bridge the rice consumption demand and supply gap in Nigeria, Darma Rice Mill Limited has set up a 600,000 metric tonnes rice mill in Katsina State. Executive Director of the company, Fahad Mangal, disclosed this, explaining that the aim was to support the
The Niger government has concluded arrangements to procure 10 new tractors at the cost of N1.8 billion to boost its access to farmers in the state for the 2019 farming season. Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger made this known in Minna while inaugurating the 2019
Female agripreneurs across Africa will be able to connect, network and grow their businesses, thanks to the new #VALUE4HERConnect platform. More than 400 women have signed up to Africa’s first online platform for female agripreneurs, launched today at a trade fair in Nairobi. The #VALUE4HERConnect network will
A combination of “unsurprising” factors was creating negative sentiment among buyers, which resulted in the market for tractors and combine harvesters in South Africa not having a good year so far. This was according to Wandile Sihlobo, head of economic and agribusiness intelligence at Agbiz,
Greater involvement of African women in commercial agriculture could offer a durable solution to the continent’s endemic challenges like poverty, hunger, malnutrition and inequality, experts said at a forum in Nairobi on Wednesday. The experts and policymakers, who spoke at the inaugural African women in
Machetes in hand and wearing a straw hat against the sun, the participants of an “agro-bootcamp” in the farmlands of the West African nation of Benin harvest maize, cowpeas and rice. “Cut at the base,” says Oluwafemi Kochoni, an organic farming teacher, who runs the
Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has fashioned a five-year plan to revitalise cocoa productivity by rejuvenating existing plantations in the country so as to increase foreign exchange earnings. The Executive Director, Dr. Dara Akala, at the cocoa stakeholders’ meeting in
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has praised the Federal Government for the proposed livestock plan, saying that it would boost business and go a long way in ending herders/farmers clashes. Chairman of the Association, Lagos state chapter, Otunba Femi Oke, conveyed this information