An international NGO, Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) has introduced rice farmers in Nasarawa State to cost-effective harvesting technologies to reduce post-harvest losses.
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The President of Kenya William Ruto has called on African leaders to adopt strategies to make fertiliser affordable and accessible to farmers.
Stakeholders in the oil palm sub sector say there is a need for a traceability system in the oil palm sub-sector to boost investment.
The Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, says it has developed hybrid and improved seedlings suitable for the agro-climate of the North-East.
“One of the major problem in the country now is food. People are hungry and it is difficult to pursue dreams and aspirations.
The Abuja Declaration, endorsed by the Heads of State and Governments of the African Union in 2006, highlights the importance of managing soils to address the challenges of soil fertility decline.
And one of the main reasons for low yield compared to other regions is that African countries, on average, use far less fertilizer to boost their agricultural production than the rest of the world. In 2020, the continent’s use of synthetic fertilizer—containing the three essential plant nutrients nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium—was only around 26 kilograms per hectare of cropland.
ADEPIDYN® technology on track to be the first of Syngenta’s crop protection active ingredients to attain billion-dollar annual sales within eight years of commercialization.
With unemployment rates of 25% in some countries and underemployment rates at 70% in others, the African Union’s development agenda rightly places youth at its core, acknowledging that none of its aspirations can be achieved without their meaningful engagement.
Some agriculture experts have urged local farmers to adhere to weather forecasts before starting farming activities to prevent losses due to the effects of climate change.