Mastercard kaunched 2KUZE this week, a digital platform that connects smallholder farmers, agents, buyers and banks in East Africa
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Hazera display new cucumber developments
Hazera, the vegetable seed company, has had a long history of breeding cucumbers and has made game-changing improvements in cucumber genetics
Fighting climate change effects in Kenya
Community-based organisations are coming together to fight some of the harsh effects of climate change as many small holders lost up to 80 per cent of their most recent harvest
Zimbabwe's smallholder irrigation receives international funding
Zimbabwes smallholder irrigation sector has received a US$25.5mn grant from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
New training app to support Tanzanian sesame farmers
International charity Farm Africa in collaboration with local partners Inades-Formation and Community Support Initiatives Tanzania (COSITA) has launched a programme to train sesame farmers in Tanzania to use smartphones loaded with training apps