Seeds for Impact Program announces competition winners
Nairobi / Basel, February 27, 2020. Seven local seed companies from across Africa have won the inaugural Seeds for Impact Program (SIP) competition. They will receive financial and technical assistance…
Nigeria: Advocating for the Plant Variety Protection (PVP) law
The Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Act provides patent-like rights to Breeders, Developers and Owners of plant varieties. The absence of the PVP law in Nigeria has led to stealing of…
Ethiopia: Ministry Waives Duties on Agricultural Machinery
AGRA worked and supported Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) with studies and technical support to exempt levies and charges on specific agriculture inputs to trigger better access by agripreneurs in Ethiopia.…
MIX and SCOPEinsight launch partnership with AGRA to address key obstacle constraining agricultural businesses
The partnership will create market transparency that is needed to unlock financing for agri-SMEs in emerging markets. Agricultural small and medium enterprises (agri-SMEs) face complex and persistent challenges in emerging…
High-yield maize promises season of plenty for South Sudan
To the South Sudanese, sorghum is the closest to the king of crops. Its flour is used to make Kisra, flat bread made from sorghum flour and the most important…
Improving distribution through Village Based Advisors
Mama Mbwilo is a Hub Agro dealer located Sumbawanga Municipal in Rukwa Region, Tanzania. She started the business with a working capital of USD $2,202 and her business has grown…
Widowed farmer finds hope on farm radio information
Weyzero Weletebrehan Berhe is a 53-year-old farmer living in the northern Ethiopian Tigray Region. She lives in a small rural area called Lesaleso. The northern part of Ethiopia gets minimal…