Zimbabwe: IPEC working on weather index-based agriculture insurance for farmers
Zimbabwe’s Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) is likely to introduce a weather index-based agriculture insurance in order to encourage smallholder…
FAO’s Regional Conference for Africa to focus on COVID-19, hunger, locust outbreak and more
Convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the 31st Session of the Regional Conference for Africa is…
Role of private sector is crucial for Nigeria’s agriculture sector, says FAO
The best route for Nigeria to reach its full potential in farming is for the private sector to get more…
Improving Food Security: Microsoft, AGRA to support digital transformation in Africa
Through its 4Afrika Initiative, Microsoft Corp has launched a new collaboration with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) at the African…
Over 25% of Nigeria’s rice harvests destroyed by floods
Due to the recent floods in Nigeria, farmers in the northern region of the African country have lost more than…
Zebu Investment Partners acquires equity stake in South African agtech company IQ Logistica
Zebu Investment Partners has acquired a majority equity stake in South African Ag-Tech company IQ Logistica (IQL). The acquisition took…
Nigeria: OCP Africa ties up with ATBU to train youth in modern agriculture
Under the pilot phase of the Empowering African Youths (EMAY) project in Nigeria, Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP Africa) has…
REPORT | EmPowering Africa’s Most Vulnerable – Access to Solar Energy in Complex Crises
There is an immediate need to address the widening energy access gap impacting vulnerable populations in Sub-Saharan Africa as a…
Here’s all you need to know about Morocco’s crop rotation program
Morocco’s Agriculture Ministry announced to set up a crop rotation program on an area of over 5 million hectares for…
Africa Agriculture Status Report 2020: Here are the major highlights
This year’s Africa Agriculture Status Report puts focus on ‘Feeding Africa’s Cities’ by evaluating the opportunities, challenges as well as…
