Zimbabwes smallholder irrigation sector has received a US$25.5mn grant from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Agriculture
New training app to support Tanzanian sesame farmers
International charity Farm Africa in collaboration with local partners Inades-Formation and Community Support Initiatives Tanzania (COSITA) has launched a programme to train sesame farmers in Tanzania to use smartphones loaded with training apps
Nigeria refocuses on farming as oil money shrinks
Nigeria is turning to farming as dwindling oil income has driven the economy to the brink of its first full-year contraction in more than two decades
Drones to monitor Rwanda potato farms
An aerial drone to monitor crops for Irish potato farmers in Rwanda’s Northern Province was launched recently in Musanze district
Biobest to acquire Kenyan biopesticide firm
Biobest has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Real IPM Kenya, a leading company in biological control in East Africa