UN Environment and partners are working in Africa to boost agricultural production, create jobs, and counter climate unpredictability.
In Ngoulemakong commune in Cameroon’s Sud Province, solar driers have been used since early 2018 to dry cassava and store it for longer, allowing farmers to get better prices. Hitherto, farmers were forced …
AGCO, Your Agriculture Company, a global manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and solutions, has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to implement a joint agricultural project in Africa.
The potential project, subject to further talks, aims to make …
The objective is to offer ‘for-hire’ mechanisation services to small-holder farmers.
Global agriculture company AGCO has launched an initiative to take farm mechanisation deep into rural communities in Africa to facilitate food security and unlock the potential of small-scale farming.
AGCO, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, unveiled the Farm …
Delayed harmonisation of policies for encouraging the transfer of seeds across East and Southern Africa is hampering trade and increased agricultural growth, experts say.
The goal to harmonise seed trade resulted from having different policies across countries, thus impeding transfer technology to promote agriculture in the region. Harmonised seed policies ensure that countries with similar agricultural production …
From invaluable farming advice shared via text message to livestock vaccines delivered when and where they are needed thanks to a mobile phone service, agri-tech and precision farming are changing the face of agriculture across Africa.
This transformation is an urgent imperative. With global warming threatening harvests, and the world’s population …
According to experts, the African population is expected to double by 2050, which means that food demand on the continent is expected to at least double by then. Beyond feeding the population, the social and economic benefits induced by the increase in production and productivity in Africa are obvious. This …
A Ugandan innovator has built a low-cost tractor to boost productivity for small scale farmers. The MV Mulimi tractor has been manufactured from locally sourced material. It can prepare land for planting, pump water for irrigation and thresh maize at an affordable cost. Watch the …
“A simple text to a farmer just to say, ‘The weather outlook for the next three days is this’ can fundamentally change what they do.”
Africa has the world’s youngest population – 60 percent of its 1.2 billion people are under 25 – but only 3 million jobs are created …
Beginning in the 1960s, much of Asia underwent dramatic agricultural transformation which saw enormous improvements in production and efficiencies, and subsequently helped pull millions of people out of poverty, prevent famines and modernize the Asian economy. This transformation was dubbed the “Green Revolution,” and is often cited as the key …
This is the fourth edition of the Quartz Africa Innovators, our annual series identifying some of the most ambitious and imaginative minds on the continent. The 30 movers and thinkers on this list range across fields from the arts and science to technology and entrepreneurship and beyond.
They all have one …
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