LUSAKA, Zambia – Smallholder farmers who effectively communicate their needs and demonstrate the impact of their projects are more likely…
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The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) capped a significant presence at the inaugural CGIAR Science Week in Nairobi…
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has announced plans to launch a $500 million facility designed to unlock $10 billion in financing for smallholder farmers and small agribusiness enterprises across Africa.
Nigeria, the “Giant of Africa,” boasts incredible agricultural potential. Over 70% of Nigerians are involved in agriculture, primarily as smallholder…
A non-governmental organisation, Catalysing Strengthened Policy Action for Healthy Diets and Resilience (CASCADE) has engaged stakeholders in the agricultural sector to strengthen linkages and supply networks for sustainable access to agricultural inputs for smallholder farmers in Nigeria.
The Federal Government states that smallholder farmers continue to be the foundation of Nigeria’s agricultural sector, playing a crucial role…
As droughts and floods wreak havoc on harvests, small-scale farmers are spending billions of dollars of their own money each year to adapt to a changing climate, despite it being a problem they did not create, according to research released on Tuesday.
ASHENEWS reports that the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism will provide a $2 million partial trade credit guarantee and a $219,000 grant funding to Nairobi-based Apollo Agriculture Limited to support the distribution of over 7,000 tonnes of fertilizers to some 100,000 smallholder farmers in Kenya.
With smallholder farmers producing around a third of the world’s food, the growing frequency of climate disasters such as these…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has disbursed N948 billion to 4,478,381 smallholder farmers under the Anchor Borrowers’…