Africa’s rising food import bill, now estimated at around $70 billion annually, is unsustainable and signals an urgent need to invest in local agriculture, smallholder farmers, and climate-smart food systems, regional leaders and agricultural stakeholders have warned. They were speaking on September 30, at the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) Congress being held in Kigali,…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Imran Abba Jihad, a disabled farmer in southwest Ethiopia, improved his livelihood through poultry farming under the Livestock and Fisheries Sector Development Project (LFSDP), gaining income, skills, and food security. LFSDP, a national initiative backed by the World Bank, has empowered 3.2 million farmers–including women, youth, and people with disabilities–by providing training, livestock,…
Press Office: Green Fuel Nestled in one of Zimbabwe’s most arid agricultural landscapes, Green Fuel is spearheading a remarkable transformation. Through an ambitious and visionary land and water development programme, the company is not just producing clean bioethanol fuel but is also igniting a rural farming revolution founded on WaterWise agriculture, year-round irrigation, and an…
AI in agriculture is rapidly shifting from being a distant concept to a practical, transformative tool. But amid all the hype, the real story that has emerged doesn’t focus on the technology itself but on the people using it. Source: Supplied Farming data should be like farming land Like any other entrepreneur, farmers operate on…
Mohamed Sowe, CEO of Pee Cee Agriculture By Caitríona Palmer and Birom Seck In Sierra Leone, a first-of-its-kind farm is helping make the country self-sufficient in onion production. For Mohamed Sowe, there is something magical in the transformative power of a tiny onion seed. In just four months, with the right conditions, Sowe says, the…
