Jeniffer Muthoni Maina has one acre farm in Kibubung’i location in Laikipia East sub-county which she grows maize, black beans (njahi) and dairy farming.
For the last decade, Nathan Koteki has worked as an extension officer, a job he passionately holds dear to his heart. However, Koteki says what he enjoys most about his job is the opportunity to work with smallhol
Smallholder farmers in Kigoma Region, Tanzania are turning their backs on low yields, post-harvest losses and uncertainty to embrace a transformative agriculture that promises prosperity, sustainability and security for them.
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.
Youth unemployment in Tanzania stands at 11.5 per cent. The rapid gains in economic growth in Tanzania averaging 7 percent in the past decade, have Continue Reading
It is no longer business as usual for more than 170,000 farmers in Kigoma, Tanzania. They are the beneficiaries of Kilimo PiATA Tija Tanzania, an Continue Reading