On 9 March, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Bayer agreed to support and co-invest in a four-year project Scale Direct that aims to accelerate the global efforts of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) on direct seeded rice (DSR) research and development for smallholder farmers in Asia and Africa
On 17 March, Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, officially launched Africa’s Food System Forum 2023, Africa’s premier platform for advancing the agriculture and food systems agenda on the continent, at State House in Tanzania
Royal Innovative, a company engaged in international trade, logistics, project management, and financing has extended support to help boost Africas agriculture
As the prevalence of tree locust is steadily increasing, the Ministry of Agriculture, on 26 March, called on all bodies concerned to actively conduct surveillance to help control the menace
On 23 March 2023, the commemoration of the International Year of Millets (IYM) was held in Masvingo, the country’s oldest city resonating with this year’s IYM slogan rich in heritage, full of potential
