Maize value chain/East-Southern Africa – COMESA launches Road Map to boost regional maize trade The maize trade in Eastern and Southern Africa is set to rise following a roadmap to address bottlenecks caused by differences in standards and reg... 17/01/2016
Wheat value chain/Ethiopia – Farmers gaining from improved crop varieties Employing new agricultural systems, especially seed varieties released from research centers, Ethiopian smallholder wheat farmers have increased th... 24/11/2015
Input value chain/Ethiopia - Over 5 million Ethiopian farmers to benefit from IBM's ECX Traceability System The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) has officially launched its IBM-enabled national traceability system, known as eATTS. With numerous industry... 24/11/2015
Grain value chain/Ethiopia - Research reveals indigenous crop varieties face danger Due to little attention given to indigenous crop varieties including teff, wheat and barley in favor of improved seed varieties, the indigenous cro... 19/10/2015
Wheat value chain/Zambia - State bans wheat importation Zambian government has with immediate effect banned the importation of wheat indicating that Zambian farmers have the capacity to meet local demand... 19/10/2015
Grain value chain/ Rwanda: Maize farmers decry lack of market for their produce Maize farmers have criticized Rwanda Agriculture Board's (RAB) decision to terminate contracts it had with farmers' cooperatives to buy their bumpe... 19/10/2015
Grain value chain/ Ethiopia - Meta local barley sourcing program said effective The Meta Abo Brewery Share Company announced that its local barley sourcing programme has become effective in increasing yields as well as putting... 19/10/2015
Grain value chain/Uganda - Farmers urge Government to support local seeds Speaking during a seed dialogue in Kampala, smallholder farmers under their umbrella body, Eastern and Southern Africa small-scale farmers' forum (... 14/09/2015
Grain value chain/Nigeria - IART releases new hybrid maize seeds Two new hybrid maize seed that will help improve productivity and farmer’s income, have been released in Nigeria. The new maize hybrids Ife Maizehy... 14/09/2015
Wheat value chain/Nigeria - Nigeria has competitive advantage in wheat production Nigerian’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development have stated that the nation's locally produced wheat can now compete favorably wi... 30/08/2015