Rwanda and Burundi have received a US$300,000 grant from the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) to scale up wheat production in the region
Agriculture
DuPont Pioneer and USAID to increase maize productivity in Ghana
DuPont Pioneer and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the Ghana Advanced Maize Seed Adoption Programme (GAMSAP) to boost production among smallholder farmers in Ghana
Lagos empowers 3,149 farmers with agricultural input
Lagos government has announced to distribute agricultural inputs to 3,149 farmers across the Nigerian state to boost production as part of its Agricultural Value Chains empowerment programme
Nigerian government to revive groundnut farming in Kaduna
The Nigerian government and Kaduna state government have announced a joint initiative to improve groundnut farming in the state
Farmerline to use mobile technology to boost harvest in West Africa
Ghana-based technology provider Farmerline has announced its plan to provide 500,000 small-scale farmers access to mobile technology to help improve their harvest in West Africa by 2019