The Kenyan ministry of agriculture places the average age of a farmer at 60 against a life expectancy of 65. The government faces a huge challenge in luring youth into agriculture to fill the gap.
Historically, Rwandan smallholder farmers, like their counterparts elsewhere on the continent, have faced a cocktail of challenges that have greatly reduced their ability to transform from farming as a struggle to survive to farming as a thriving business.
Rice has become a staple food through Ghana, though the majority is imported. Plant breeder Dr Maxwell Darko Asante is working to remedy this.
Simplified science and technology applications in agriculture are changing smallholder farmers lives for the better in many places across Africa…
Digitization could change the game for agriculture in Africa. That’s a key message in a report recently released by an international…
June 5, 2019 – I want to start by acknowledging Chancellor Meighen; Principal and Vice-Chancellor Fortier; Mr. Panda, Chair…
BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) — China’s success in feeding the world’s largest population with its limited farmland is illuminating for African…
Remarks by Dr. Agnes Kalibata – Spring Convocation, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences McGill University June 5, 2019 – I want to start by acknowledging Chancellor Meighen; Principal and Continue Reading
Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, signed a partnership with AGRA to enable Ethiopia’s cereals, fruit and vegetable farmers get better solutions that boost productivity. Continue Reading
By Temina Madon, Director of Business Development at Atlas AI We at Atlas AI are excited to announce a new partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Continue Reading