The Central Bank of Nigeria has unveiled an interest-free loan scheme to increase agricultural products and resuscitate moribund textile firms
Agriculture
Agritask and Hollard Mozambique to expand agri insurance platform in southern Africa
Agritask, one of the leading global developers of a holistic agronomic operations platform, and Hollard Mozambique, a premier insurance group in Mozambique, have partnered to provide digital solutions to local stakeholders offering crop insurance for farmers in their respective value chains
Creating a smart farming ecosystem with digital technologies
Digital technologies set to solve complex challenges farmers and growers are facing today, according to a whitepapaer published by Intellias
Nigeria bans importation of maize to ramp up local production
The Central Bank of Nigeria has banned the importation of maize into the country to increase the local production, stimulate a rapid economic recovery, safeguard rural livelihoods and increase jobs which were lost as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
Kenya beats back desert locust upsurge for now, but East Africa remains at risk
Cyril Ferrand, Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) resilience team leader for East Africa, has highlighted the UN organisation’s progress in combating Desert Locusts in East African countries