Ugandan Farmers trained on Biosecurity measures as an alternative control of African swine fever As reported in the July-August article 2015 article of this Livestock news series, farmers in Masaka district were lamenting loss of their animals... 08/11/2015
Uganda butchers trained on hygiene and biosafety practices in handling of pork products Uganda has the highest annual per capita consumption of pork in EAC at 3.4kg. Implicitly, there are a lot of activities that go on along the value... 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
Cassava value chain/Kenya - Cassava takes root in arid counties A cassava revolution is taking over in coastal counties that have for decades been left to the mercy of perennial dry weather conditions, hunger an... 19/10/2015
Input value chain/ Rwanda - Investors get incentives on agriculture machinery The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (Minagri) has started offering incentives to private sector to invest in agriculture machinery to... 19/10/2015
Input value chain/Zimbabwe - Earthworms helping smallholders increase crop yields A project in Zimbabwe is promoting the use of earthworms to enable the country's small-scale farmers improve soil fertility and boost crop yields.... 19/10/2015
Input value chain/Nigeria – Government launches fertilizer quality control system Nigerian Federal government has resolved to go tough on fake fertilizer producers as they have been selling the commodity to unsuspecting farmers w... 19/10/2015
Cassava value chain/Ghana – Ghana to refocus on cassava to transform economy Ghana’s Minister for Food and Agriculture said, government’s agenda to transform the economy through agriculture would focus on placing great impor... 19/10/2015
Apiary in Rwanda Receives a Boost from Singapore A company from Singapore-Apiary Singapore has injected RW 3 Million to boost honey production and quality in Rwanda. The company is working with 12... 19/10/2015