Airtel Money Tanzania has announced a new partnership with the Tanzania Cooperative Development Commission (TCDC) aimed at expanding access to digital financial services for thousands of farmers across the country. …
The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) has launched a new agricultural development initiative, the Sustainable Development of Maize Micro-Enterprise Farmers Project, aimed at empowering over 100 smallholder maize farmers …
The Zimbabwean government has officially restructured the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA), giving it a new mandate as the country’s central food security agency. Under the new plan, ARDA …
Nigeria’s ambition to become food self-sufficient is facing serious setbacks as the rising cost of farm inputs is pushing many smallholder farmers out of production and making food more expensive …
While Nigerians continue to battle hunger and high food prices, experts say the country can learn valuable lessons from Ethiopia’s agricultural transformation. Ethiopia has successfully moved from being a net …
Lasaco Assurance Plc has introduced a new insurance product designed to protect Nigerian farmers and agricultural cooperatives against risks in the agriculture sector. The company presented its Cooperative Insurance Scheme …
Nigeria’s wine industry is experiencing a major shift, with sweet wines now dominating consumer preferences—thanks largely to younger Nigerians. The market, currently valued between $400 million and $420 million yearly, …
Togo is making a bold attempt to revive its cotton sector, which has seen years of steady decline. The country is aiming to produce over 92,500 tons of seed cotton …
The World Bank has announced the appointment of Farouk Mollah Banna, a Togolese-American expert, as its new Resident Representative in Chad. Banna is expected to play a leading role in …
A Nigerian agritech expert, Ayomide Olugbade, has called on the Federal Government to invest heavily in cold-chain infrastructure to reduce the huge post-harvest losses that continue to affect the agricultural …