Why cassava is the next big thing in Zambia
Some of the beneficiaries of the Zambia Breweries Cassava and Sorgum projects pictures by Zambia Breweries. Photo Credit: Noel IyombwaWhy cassava is the next…
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Green gold for a new agriculture
Green gold for a new agricultureBy Roger R.B. Leakey Download PDFAfrica’s agriculture is not delivering freedom from hunger, malnutrition or poverty and is associated…
Brewer’s new grits production line opens market for maize farmers
A smallholder maize farmers in Yaounde, the Centre region of Cameroon sorting maize that is now earning farmers more income, due to support from…
Local quality control firm boosts Cameroon’s cocoa, coffee exports
A cocoa farmer in Cameroon. Photo Credit: Elias NgalameLocal quality control firm boosts Cameroon’s cocoa, coffee exportsBy Murimi Gitari Download PDF[rt_dropcap_style dropcap_letter=”W” dropcap_content=”WITH an…
Kenyan start-up’s solar insect trap revolutionising pest control
IMG20220822125205Kenyan start-up’s solar insect trap revolutionising pest controlBy Murimi Gitari Download PDF[rt_dropcap_style dropcap_letter=”P” dropcap_content=”PESTICIDES are still widely used for pest management despite their harmful…
How 650 new bean varieties could help feed people across Africa
The Pan-African Bean Research Alliance is getting more nutritious beans to markets across Africa. These beans are on sale in Rwanda, which has one…
A green future for Cameroon’s agriculture
A group of people pose for a photo at the agribusiness firm Greenhouse Ventures. Photo Credit: Elias NgalameA green future for Cameroon’s agricultureBy Elias…
Student’s simple cooler box to ease farmers’ post-harvest worries
Beatrice Kimani, the University of Nairobi student who has developed a simple cooling innovation to help smallholder farmers reduce post-harvest losses. Photo Credit: Zablon…
Biopesticide made from cassava peels cuts grain losses 70 percent
Every year, Cameroongenerates about one milliontons of waste from its cassavaproduction of five milliontons.
Tanzanian farmers await first Fusarium wilt-resistant Mchare cooking banana
A new hybrid variety of the Mchare cooking banana that is resistant to the Fusarium wilt (FW) fungus will be released to farmers in Tanzania
