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
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
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
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
Rice value chain/Ghana - Ghana meets 56 percent demand in local rice production According to Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture in charge of Crops, current statistics pointed to the fact that the country met 56 per... 19/10/2015
Poultry value chain/Nigeria - Nigeria does not need poultry imports, according to NVRI Nigeria has 180 million birds which can meet its poultry needs, and has no need for imported poultry or poultry products, the National Veterinary... 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
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