Africa/World

For the past three years, Nigeria has been leading globally in the production of yam, palm oil, cassava, maize, and...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The USAID West Africa Trade Hub believes that a thriving and resilient agricultural sector is...

It’s about 10 o’clock in the morning and the rice mills are clanking so loudly that it’s hard to hear...

Southern and Eastern Africa face the twin challenges of growing agricultural production to meet food demand while adapting to extreme...

An initiative that will avail digital tools and training resources to small-scale farmers and agriculture-linked small businesses in Africa has...

Dorothy Achieng stands with her hands on her hips in her pawpaw field on the shores of Lake Victoria. She...

( When a ‘60s Volkswagen Beetle coloured green, yellow, and red rolls down the road, everyone in Siby knows who...

It is a hot sunny morning on a cloud-free day. Dressed in a red blouse and green chitenje, a cloth that...

Total expenditure allocation for the agriculture sector in the past four years, from 2017 to 2020, has stayed below one...

Mr Georgios Badaro, Managing Director (MD), Nestlé Ghana Limited has said the company’s ambition of making cocoa more profitable for...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is planning to electronically pay all its farmers to stimulate the digital economy and also...

The Northern Region has seen some 250,000 trees planted to mark the Green Ghana Project that seeks to plant five...

The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Penn State University...

The Ghana Rice Interprofessional Body (GRIB) has said it is negotiating with foreign companies to access financial support and drive...

It was early one morning in October 2020 and the sun was shining brightly over Buta Feyisa’s compound. Behind the...

Sri Lanka has imposed a ban on palm oil imports and ordered oil palm plantations in the country to be...

Jane Hozheri used to run a small business with her daughter in Cape Town, South Africa. Together, they made a...

Elizabeth Siyapi is a farmer in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe. Instead of working through agricultural middlemen, she relies on her phone. Before...

The first rains began to fall a few weeks ago, heralding the long growing season in southern Togo. Farmers are...

Moringa oleifera, called nebedaye in Senegal, is considered a “miracle” tree that helps address food insecurity and major environmental problems. Because...

Most families in northern DRC’s Tshopo province, can’t afford electricity to cook. Instead, they rely on locally-produced wood charcoal to...

It’s a fine, windy morning and Sarah Aryee is neatly dressed in a white T-shirt and Ghanaian wrap, her hair...

Unfortunately, many big species now face extinction due to their value in the illegal wildlife trade, vulnerability to habitat degradation...

It’s early in the morning and Asfo Wass wakes up with much energy, eager to care for his chickens. He...

A thick, dark cloud slowly engulfs the sky. Although it hasn’t rained for the past two days, it will certainly...

African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina has been announced as a champion of Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative....

The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Agriculture on Saturday, January 9, 2021 distributed farming inputs to smallholder farmers...

As the country ushers into New Year 2021 more than 100,600 smallholder farmers in the country will be receiving grain...

Something has to be done to tackle the environmental problems caused by climate change, desertification and population growth,” says Barkissa...

This story was originally published in April 2019 by Farm radio international. In eastern Burundi, nurseries of forest tree species...

At a time when hunger and poverty are increasing due to conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, some of...

The world has a seemingly insatiable taste for coffee. But rising temperatures, drought, and erratic rainfall are making it harder...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will put in place stricter measures to reduce the spate of...

A recent study carried out under the IITA-CARE project, covering six southern departments in the Benin Republic reveals the agriculture...

Kolda is an agro-pastoral zone in southern Senegal with good rainfall. Here, one farming activity supports another. For example, cattle...

Wématou Ougue farms in Tiébélé, a village in south-central Burkina Faso more than 150 kilometres from the capital, Ouagadougou. Mr....

Bobo Dioulasso is a farming city in Burkina Faso. After cotton, cereals are the second largest agricultural product in terms...

It’s around eight o’clock in the morning and Bello Iliyasu is already riding a motorcycle—not by choice, but because there...

Ramatoulaye Badji is a farmer and vendor in the Thies region, 70 kilometres east of Dakar, Senegal. In the afternoons,...

Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology says the Federal government of Nigeria is working on plans to mechanise...

China appears to be launching a significant expansion of its distant water fishing fleet around the world and most notably...

The farming season is underway in much of West Africa and farmers are feeling the impacts of COVID-19 in new...

Toxic chemicals are being used by food sellers across Sub-Saharan Africa to improve the look of meat and fish, scientists...

In Nigeria’s Kano state, some tomato farmers slice and dry fresh tomatoes in the sun to avoid losing so many...

Mrs Ida Maganga is a farmer who grows potatoes and tomatoes in Dedza district, Malawi. The 35-year-old mother of is...

One of the major challenge facing rural farmers has to do with storage of their produce. Without the proper and...

Mr. Geoffrey Komakech is a poultry farmer in Uganda’s Gulu district who has taken up construction work for extra income....

Source: Farm Radio International About 500 students at Dano C primary school in the province of Ioba, in the...

Staggering technique in tomato farming yields positive results in central Nigeria as farmers share their success stories. Mr. Jibril...

Source: Farm radio International The use of the traditional baskets (The woven raffia baskets made from palm leaves and branches)...

Ugandan farmer and mother of 14, Josephine Nalwadda, recently learned new methods that are helping this experienced farmer save more....

Farming and learning in groups seem to be the best way to increased knowledge and income among small holder farmers...

The Federal Government and the African Development Bank AfDB have commenced the setting up of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs)...

The market research company, Ecovia Intelligence, estimates the global organic market continues to grow worldwide and has passed the 100...

The latest global data on organic farming worldwide indicates that the global organic area continues to grow and as at...

A Kenyan sugar cane farmer, Mr. Joseph Onsinyo noted that adding value to his produce has earn him more revenue...

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Plant pests and diseases destroy up to 40% of food crops every...

The Governor of Uttarakhand has approved the Organic Agriculture Act (2019). With this act, Uttarakhand has now become the first...

The Okole Women Development Initiative in Uganda has received a grant from the government’s Skills Development Facility and is currently...

UAE residents will soon be able to buy fresher produce after plans were unveiled to grow a tonne of tomatoes...

Jean Paul Sebarera had given up on growing cassava after brown streak disease, known locally as kabore, devastated plantations in...

Peter Kakanji is brushing his teeth, using bristles of a stick as a toothbrush. He looks to the sky for signs of imminent rainfall because he heard last night on...

This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from The Deutsche Gesellscaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GjbH (GIZ)...

Farmers in one of Columbia’s most vulnerable community have undergone training to be able to yield results in crop production...

Ibrahima Ly is a big rice producer in northern Senegal, growing irrigated rice in the Senegal River Valley. But Mr....

It’s a bright Wednesday morning and Phillip Msakwiza is busy supervising construction work for his new house. He is using...

Olga Dicko is a teacher in Kalo, in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso, 40 kilometres from Dori. Here, she...

Josiah Mwangi’s farm is full of mango trees. Looking at it from a distance, the trees appear to form a...

Over a 12-year period, as rainfall became increasingly erratic, farmer Shemsu Hussein moved from rain-fed agriculture to intensive small-scale irrigation—and...

Namulondo Kekurina’s maize is thriving. She’s harvesting for a second time this season and has already brought in more than...