Access to finance for investments remains a major constraint to taking full benefit of the potential of the agriculture sector for the sustainable socio-economic development of Sierra Leone
As a leading African financial institution, Standard Bank has developed a strategy to finance climate-smart agriculture on the continent
A new tool, which uses cutting-edge machine learning techniques and satellite remotely sensed data was launched on 27 April, to predict agricultural yields for nine key crops across Africa
West African Heads of State and ministers affirmed their commitment to accelerate investments and reforms to make fertilisers more accessible and affordable, during the high-level roundtable jointly organised by the Togolese government, the World Bank, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
With more than 500 hectares of land and 300 employees, Three Farms, a farming company nestled in the indigenous lands of northeast South Africa, produces around 3,500 tonnes of avocados a year, with almost half of this sold for domestic consumption and the rest exported to either the UK or Europe
