FMARD HOSTS U.S WAR COLLEGE DELEGATION, FG REITERATES COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP AGRICULTURE

Chief Audu Ogbeh,

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), is committed to developing agriculture with a view to attaining national food security and provide gainful employment for its teeming young population.

Sh250 Billion Fund to Lift Youth Out of Poverty

food

A business venture by a group of eleven youth in Katebe Village, Kamwenge district is thriving after they got a Shs 7.7 million interest free loan in 2015 from the Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP); a Shs 256 billion program intended to create jobs for youth and lift them out of poverty.

Global Cassava Partnership for the 21 century holds world press conference and cassava exhibition in Lagos

Cassava 

The Global Cassava Partnership for the 21^st(GCP21) century will on 17 April 2018 hold a world press conference to announce the fourth International Cassava Conference billed to take place in Cotonou, Benin in 11-15 June 2018.

Tanzania moves to protect sugar firm

Sugar

Tanzania has announced that it will stop issuing new permits for importation of sugar effective June, to protect local manufacturers.

Pictures speak at the IAR 2018 Annual Research Review and Planting Meeting/North-West Zone REFILs Workshop today at Zaria.

Pictures speak at the IAR 2018 Annual Research Review and Planting Meeting/North-West Zone REFILs Workshop today at Zaria.

Pictures speak at the IAR 2018 Annual Research Review and Planting Meeting/North-West Zone REFILs Workshop today at Zaria.

Black Farmers Deserve State Support

Black Farmer

One of the self-serving myths about agriculture in South Africa is that this is such a difficult sector and only white Afrikaans farmers can thrive in it due to intergenerational farming and the hardiness of the group that runs the sector. This view is not supported by historical facts.

Scaling up Game-Changing Agricultural Innovations and Technologies in Africa

Agricultural Innovations and Technologies

The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD), with the support of the World Bank, recently rolled out an initiative aimed at placing innovative climate-smart technologies in the hands of farmers so that they are better protected from the impacts of climate change. This is sorely needed.

The FAO Food Price Index rises for the second consecutive month

 FAO 

*Wheat and maize prices lead the increase

5 April 2018, Rome - The FAO Food Price Index rose in March, driven by robust increases in grains and dairy prices.

Farming Drive Laudable, but Inclusivity Is Crucial

farmers

Agriculture has for many years been engrained in our minds that it is the backbone of the country's economy. At least 80 per cent of Tanzanians are engaged in agriculture as their main economic activity.

Crop failure in the Andes Researcher simulates how climate change can affect crop production in the rural Andes

This is a Peruvian potato farmer.

Kenneth Feeley, the Smathers Chair of Tropical Tree Biology in the University of Miami's Department of Biology, is an expert in studying the effects of climate change on tropical forests.