Although Agriculture is one of the drivers of inclusive and sustainable growth, smallholder farmers are not immune to the unique challenges within the sector. AGRA Continue Reading
Ugandan farmers are now able to access a bundle of information that is critical to their businesses. Packaged as satellite data related to weather alerts, Continue Reading
Four years ago, in 2015, the then 17-year old Rosário Avelino Timóteo from Malapa, Ribáuè District in Nampula Province, set out to cultivate 10 hectares Continue Reading
Case study 1: Soybean value-added products attract markets, improve nutrition and boost farmer incomes Western Kenya region is characterized by a high population density that Continue Reading
The world is letting down Africa’s smallholder farmers – and governments across the globe urgently need to more than double their spend on helping them Continue Reading
For smallholder farmers in Kaduna State, Nigeria the new currency is knowledge, and it is changing the business of local agriculture. The 270,000 farmers enrolled Continue Reading
About 143,000 smallholder maize and soybean farmers are expected to benefit from a social intervention project – ‘Smallholder Inclusive Productivity and Market Access’ (SIPMA) – Continue Reading
From the lab to the masses: Maria Andrade bred varieties of biofortified sweet potatoes which are now widely used all over the continent. She sets Continue Reading
Assisting smallholder farmers to confront the constraints to food crop production and the emerging threats brought on by climate change calls for experience, expertise and Continue Reading
Increasing food security and income levels for 30 million smallholder African farm households calls for doing business differently. Africa’s agricultural transformation requires a deliberate focus Continue Reading