Future of Farming
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Whose farm is it anyway? Drones give answers in top cocoa grower
In a cramped office in his parents’ backyard in Ivory Coast, Joseph-Olivier Biley is dreaming up solutions to Africa’s farming…
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Rwf39 billion fund set up to support agri-businesses
Over 30,000 jobs are expected to be created thanks to a new 5-year project intended to help grow small and…
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Africa sharpens expertise in agricultural statistics
The Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the National Institute for Statistics and Applied Economics (INSEA)…
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FAO, AfDB to raise $100m for agriculture investment in Africa
Considering the availability of arable land and the involvement of a large percentage of the population engaged in agriculture in…
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African agriculture’s future lies in cultivating youth, not only crops
For more than 50 years, IITA has been breeding improved crops for Africa, from drought-tolerant maize to vitamin-A enriched cassava.…
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IFAD to invest $53m in Rwanda’s agricultural sector
The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) will grow its investment in support to Rwanda’s agriculture to about $53 million…
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Renewed pressure on African governments to lead agricultural transformation
With 60 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land and a population that is expected to exceed 1.5 billion by…
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Opportunities in agriculture lie in long standing challenges
Agriculture innovations and solutions that will thrive in the continent are those that seek to address everyday challenges faced by…
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