The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is warning nations to step up monitoring, reporting and prevention of Fusarium wilt, the world’s most destructive banana disease that has in recent years spread from Asia to Africa and the Middle East
Tanzania has set-up a new system to enable pastoralists and cattle traders monitor real-time market information on livestock, while keeping them informed of weather conditions which may affect their animals’ well being
Tanzanian smallholder farmers are seeking support to increase crop yield to improve agricultural knowledge and access to markets
The Agriculture Fast Track Fund for the AfDB has awarded grants of more than US$1.3mn to two ‘high value agriculture infrastructure projects’ in Mozambique, according to the AfDB
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and other collaborators have produced a new set of maps that will provide farmers in Africa and outside the continent detailed information on pigs, cattle, poultry and other livestock in the world today
