Market Information System/Uganda – 350,000 smallholder farmers to benefit from CTA’s Production and Marketing project The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) has launched a U$4.5 million 3-year-project in Uganda to benefit more than 350,000... 08/11/2015
Dairy value chain/Rwanda - Government issues new guidelines for milk business Rwanda's dairy sector has undergone several transformational mechanisms which have resulted into increased milk production, processing and trade. H... 08/11/2015
Value chain Finance/ Rwanda – Credit institutions move to boost agriculture sector The Annual Agriculture Finance Conference held in Kigali brought together more than 200 financial experts, bankers and development partners to disc... 08/11/2015
Market Technologies/Nigeria – AfDB says new technologies transforms Africa’s agricultural sector According to the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), African farmers are effectively using mobile telephone technology to eliminate middl... 08/11/2015
Kenyan dairy farmers disgruntled by poor milk pay by processors As reported in an earlier edition of this livestock news series, milk processors in Kenya had reduced buying prices of milk from farmers in June an... 08/11/2015
Fiscal Relief on feed raw materials in Kenya It would appear that there is a wave of public commitment to boost the livestock industry going by the fiscal concessions dished out to the sub-sec... 08/11/2015
Host Countries of EAAP request for Extension Four countries which benefited from the first phase of the funded Eastern Africa Agricultural Productivity Project (EAAPP) have appealed to the Wor... 08/11/2015
New study calls for increased awareness to boost milk consumption in Tanzania A study conducted by East African Dairy Development (EADD) II project has revealed that limited awareness of health benefits of milk has curtailed... 08/11/2015
Input value chain/Ethiopia - Farmers in regional states benefit from electronic credit Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is upgrading its recently introduced voucher credit system, through which farmers obtain seed and fertiliz... 19/10/2015
Livestock value chain/Botswana - Pig production gets government boost Botswana government is committed to supporting farmers with a positive mindset towards pig value chain. In this regard, government through the Mini... 19/10/2015