The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Rabobank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to renew their partnership to boost productivity for small farmers
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Sweden steps up to help farmers, herders in Africa's Sahel region
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said that Sweden will support dought-hit farmers and herders in the Sahel region of Africa
CTA’s Central African cassava project to benefit 10,000 smallholder farmers
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA) has launched a new project in Kinshasa to explore cassava’s economic potential in agricultural value chains in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Cameroon
FAPA and AFAP to support supply and utilisation of fertiliser by smallholder farmers in Africa
On the sidelines of the AfDB’s Annual Meetings in Busan, Korea, the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) donors and the African Fertiliser and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) have signed an agreement to support local supply and utilisation of fertiliser by smallholder farmers in Africa
Malawi maize production down by 20 per cent
The harvest of maize in Malawi has declined by a significant 20 per cent, from 3.5 million tonnes in 2016/17 season to 2.8 million tonnes in 2017/18 farming season, according to Joseph Mwanavekha, minister of agriculture in Malawi