With per capita fish consumption having doubled in the past six decades, aquaculture is becoming more important in combatting food insecurity. Recent innovations seek to improve sustainability and productivity while assuaging quality concerns. Venture capitalists…
Several investors gathered around the African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) are launching a $150 million fund through the Commercial Cold Holdings (CCH) joint venture. The platform will invest in food preservation infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa.…
Producers of moringa, shea, cocoa, dried fruits, coconut, chocolate, natural cosmetics and organic oils are heading south from Ghana’s burgeoning organic sector seeking to build on their existing export business. Eleven companies will form the…
As part of efforts to ensure food security and sustainable agriculture practices in Ghana, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI), has showcased new technologies for onward adoption. These technologies were driven…
While the rest of the World has been experiencing economic slowdown, African economies have remained resilient but this fact has not helped in poverty reduction. Even though Africa has not suffered the same economic slowdown…
Gilbert Ekugbe The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has restated its commitment to support the push for climate smart agriculture to boost food production in the country. The Minister of State for Agriculture…
By Alice Kagina The government of Rwanda and the European Union signed a financing agreement worth €69 million (approx.Rwf72.5 billion) to support climate-smart and inclusive agriculture, on October 6. The three-year financing agreement will be…
Two years after smallholder farmer Gideon John began actively producing food after graduating from university in Nigeria’s Adamawa state, he decided it was time to expand his hectarage from the three he started with in…
By Kingsley Asare Efforts to boost agriculture financing in the country has received a boost as Development Bank Ghana (DBG) joins forces with Ghana Incentive-Based Risk Sharing for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) to train staff of…
By Yaw Kyei The government is considering an ambitious move to establish a fertiliser company capable of meeting the fertiliser demand of the entire African continent, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. According to…
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