The government of Nigeria and Rwanda have signed multimillion dollar deals with a Nigerian investor, the Blackpace Africa Group, to revamp and develop their potato industries and help to upscale potato production, as well as set up potato processing facilities in the both countries
The government of Mauritius is planning to develop a strong and profitable sugarcane industry, said Mahen Seeruttun, minister of agro-industry and food security, at the recent Annual General Assembly of the Mauritius Sugar Syndicate
FAO has said that farming and rural non-farm-based activities have potential to generate employment opportunities for Africa’s rising youth population
Case IH has opened its new training academy in Chinhoyi in Zimbabwe, aiming to providing hands-on technical and operational training to help farmers improve productivity through the wider adoption of mechanisation
Jennifer Blanke, vice-president of Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the AfDB, has stated that Africa’s agriculture projects need to be bankable and incentivised to attract private investors and create employment opportunities
