Poultry value chain/Kenya - Farmers formulate animal-feed in order to cut feed costs Input price escalation tends to hinder smallholder farmers inclusiveness in the value chain. 17/03/2015
Rice value chain/Ghana - $145 Mio grant to advance smallholder farmers in the rice sector In order to reduce hunger and boost food and nutrition security, supporting smallholder farmers at increasing their productivity and inclusiveness... 17/03/2015
Dairy value chain/ Tanzania - Dairy hubs help ensure smallholder farmers participation in the value chain Small-scale dairy farmers in Tanzania are straining to keep up with a fast-pace dairy industry to avoid being marginalized by changes in competiti... 17/03/2015
Grain value chain/East Africa - WRS contract signing between EAGC, UNAITAS and NGARUA cereals and produce Due to lack of finance and accurate price information as well as low quality farming inputs, most small farmers are excluded from the grain value c... 17/03/2015
Cassava value chain/ Jamaica - More land for Cassava Cassava supplies a valuable and inexpensive source of carbohydrates in the Caribbean Islands. 17/03/2015
Dairy value chain/Kenya- Installation of milk coolant for small dairy farmers Most of small farmers consider dairy farming as subsistence farming rather than commercial purpose. 17/03/2015
Dairy value chain/Kenya - Small holders from the Garissa County are calling for the establishment of a milk processing plant Garissa milk vendors want the Garissa county to create a partnership with the Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC) in order to establish a milk proc... 10/03/2015
Rice value chain/Nigeria - Private sector invests U.S.$5 billion in fertilizer manufacturing in three years About $5billion has been invested in fertilizer manufacturing during the past 3 years by the private sector in Nigeria says the Nigerian Federal Go... 10/03/2015
Zambia-Angola link will boost trade Zambia and Angola signed bilateral agreements on water and railways transportation 10/03/2015
ECOWAS, UEMOA, World Bank conclude 2nd tripartite meeting At the end of their Second Tripartite Meeting in Accra, representatives of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), West African Ec... 10/03/2015