AgriBusiness
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How Rural Malawi Farmers are Dealing with Fall armyworm in Absence of Pesticide
Feb 15, 2018By Deogracias Benjamin Kalima MALAWI — The prolonged dry spell which hit most parts of Malawi in the past few weeks is gradually coming to an end. While there has been rainfall in parts of the country,... -
Malawi: Rural Farmers Embrace Winter Cropping Along River And Stream To Improve Crop Yield
Jan 29, 2018In Malawi, winter cropping along river and stream has tremendously improved lives of many rural farmers by making their household food secure while at the same time enabling them to earn money from their business. By... -
Will A New Financing Model Enable Small-Scale Farmers Save Nigeria From Food Crisis?
Jan 26, 2018By Gbenga Ogundare In 2017, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) warned Nigeria against impending famine and malnutrition. The IFPRI Director-General, Shenggen Fan, said Africa’s most populous country has been sliding down the scale of... -
Future of Africa’s youth dominates agenda at EU-Africa Business Forum
Nov 28, 2017The 6th EU-Africa Business Forum opened in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on Monday, with an emphasis on job creation and investment in young people. The central theme of the Forum is “Investing in Job Creation for Youth.”... -
Community Watch: Aba Oyo, Where Words And Food Should Mean More
Oct 30, 2017By Oghnenechovwen O. Christopher: Aba Oyo, Nigeria – “Our journey there is about halfway done,” someone says from the rear of the single file. Forty-two minutes past of trekking through the thin – often depressed – bush... -
Building a New Future for Mobile Money
Sep 12, 2017NAIROBI, KENYA – Kenya is the world’s poster-child for mobile money success. With a penetration rate of 985 registered mobile money accounts per 1,000 people; no fewer than 93 percent of Kenyans have made transactions via... -
Drought in Kenya: Ensuring Food Security through Diversification and Simple Innovations
Aug 3, 2017Edward (Eddy) Ouko lives in Kisumu County in western Kenya. He is married with four children. When World Neighbors, a small development group based in Oklahoma City, came to his community in 2005 to partner with... -
Improving Rural-Urban Links in Nigeria Crucial for Farmers to Benefit from Expanding Cities
Jul 20, 2017The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) held an international conference on Thursday July 20 to present key findings from the 2017 Global Food Policy Report, the latest in an annual analysis of developments in food policy... -
Finding a solution to the exploitation of tobacco tenants in Malawi
May 21, 2017By Kelvin Tembo Tobacco production provides employment to a cross section of Malawians and contributes to over 70 percent of the country’s foreign exchange earnings. But despite Malawi’s dependence on tobacco, tenants who are at the... -
Small Scale Farmers Empowered to Produce Own Seed
Mar 26, 2017By Wellington Zimbowa ZIMBABWE –Over 4,000 small-scale rural farmers have been relieved of the huge cost of seeds through a seed multiplication initiative. The Zimbabwe Super Seeds (ZSS) co-operative, a community-based seed company, is empowering small...