Forty Tunisian exhibitors operating in the agri-food sector are participating in the world’s leading trade fair for food and beverages, “Anuga 2023,” organized October 7th-11th, in Cologne, Germany. Spearheaded by the Export Promotion Centre (CEPEX), the Tunisian 25th consecutive participation in this event includes exhibitors specialized in olive oil, canned food (tuna, sardines, and harissa), […]
The CABI-led PlantwisePlus program has been supporting smallholder farmers in Taita Taveta County, Kenya, with training on better banana agronomy which can help them increase their livelihoods, crop yields, and food security. PlantwisePlus works in partnership to help support low and lower-middle-income countries to predict, prepare themselves for, and prevent plant health threats in a […]
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The Prime Minister, Hon Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, asserted that to solve the problem of drought and food insecurity, the government, through the Office of the Prime Minister, will launch a drought relief program effective from 01 October 2023 to June 2024. The announcement was made by the Prime Minister on Tuesday when she briefed the Parliament […]
Ethiopia has become almost fully self-sufficient in barley production in just four years, an unprecedented achievement the International Finance Corporation called a transformation for the country’s agriculture. International agencies and players in the brewery industry, along with authorities, started putting efforts in 2018 to develop Ethiopia’s barley sector after data showed the country was importing […]
Mamahali Peete, a mother of three children, left her marketing career in the vibrant Johannesburg city in neighboring South Africa and relocated to Lesotho when she married. After three years in the country, she ventured into farming in the rural area of Bela-Bela, and she has never looked back since. She rotates between growing beans […]
President William Ruto has promised that the government will install coolers in the modernization program of Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) facilities in all the wards in the country. Speaking in Nyeri during his five-day tour of the Mount Kenya region, Ruto said that he had coordinated with officials in the Ministry of Agriculture to ensure […]
In order to have access to better rice seeds, rice farmer organizations in the Greater Accra and Volta areas in Ghana are pushing for the development of new rice types. The rice farmer organizations are Dawhenya Rice Irrigation Project, Kpong Irrigation Scheme, Aveyime Rice Project, and Ashaiman Rice Irrigation Project are the rice farmer organizations. […]
1 million kilograms of mandarins have been dispatched to communities in Durban and Johannesburg in need of a vitamin C boost by NPO Harvest, a food rescue and hunger relief organization teaming up with the local mandarin brand, ClemenGold International. Instead of turning this fruit into juice or wasting the fruit, NPO SA Harvest and […]
Mozambique intends to adopt Zimbabwe’s successful “Pfumvudza” farming model to improve crop output at the household level in that country, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has said. The model is climate-proof, ecologically based, and involves government farming input support to peasant farmers to boost output. Since its adoption in Zimbabwe a few years ago, the country’s […]
It has once again been proven that when Africans set their minds to do something, it takes almost the end of the world to stop them. Hilda Baci, a Nigerian chef from Akwa Ibom State, took up a challenge recently to beat the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking time. The previous title holder, […]