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
Input value chain/ East-Southern Africa - ACTESA and AFAP collaborate for a joint fertilizer program The Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA) in collaboration with the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership... 17/01/2016
Livestock value chain/Uganda - Roots, tubers and banana plants are next-generation pig feeds In a research conducted by scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute, the International Potato Center, Iowa State University-U... 10/01/2016
Cassava value chain/Jamaica – Red Stripe to add cassava in its brewing process Jamaica’s Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier applauded Red Stripe’s decision to add cassava in its brewing process which w... 10/01/2016
Market information System/Uganda - National Bureau of Standards adopts E-tag system to check fake farm inputs Uganda has tightened the fight against counterfeit and substandard agricultural inputs like seeds, fertilizers, chemicals among other items floodin... 10/01/2016
Input value chain/Senegal - New partnership to strengthen the private seed and agricultural inputs sector Action for Enterprise (AFE), Argidius Foundation and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), have partnered for a new initiative to make... 10/01/2016
Input value chain/Malawi - Government to align its Seed Regulations to COMESA System Malawi is planning to align its seed regulations with the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) Seed Harmonization Implementation Pla... 14/12/2015
Value chain Finance/Nigeria – Central Bank states conditions for distribution funds to empower farmers The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rolled out conditions for distribution of more than U$ 1.1 billion through the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise... 14/12/2015
Input value chain/Zambia - Expedite e-voucher system, PMRC urged Government The Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has urged Zambian government to accelerate the implementation of the electronic voucher system in... 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