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
Rice value chain/Ghana – CRIG develops a new high yielding and drought resistant rice variety The Crop Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) in Ashanti Region has developed a new high yielding and drought resistant rice variety called AgraRice,... 17/01/2016
Roots and Tuber value chain/Uganda - Project to set Common Potato Seed Systems for Rwanda and Uganda The project “African roots and tubers: Strengthening linkages between small actors and buyers”, was announced during a three-day sub-regional works... 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
Input value chain/Tanzania - Firm makes bags that kill pests A Tanzanian agricultural company has launched a reusable grain storage technology which will help farmers protect their crops from high insect infe... 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
Cassava value chain/Nigeria - Processing African cassava peels, potentially a billion dollar business According to the research proposal published by three CGIAR centers, transforming cassava peels into high quality feed holds huge potential for Afr... 10/01/2016