Around the small village of Fuoni, just outside Zanzibar City, are fields of okra, tomatoes and peppers. These vegetable plots are not just the result of one season’s farming.
Archive for January, 2012
Newstime Africa: Good news for cassava as new varieties to combat deadly viral diseases are officially released in Tanzania
Four new high-yielding cassava varieties that are tolerant to the deadly Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) and resistant to the equally devastating Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD), were last week officially released in Tanzania, providing a ray of hope …
Leadership: Africa Needs Local Content In Diets, Says Obasanjo
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s Ambassador, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Africa needs to rethink its food import burden and consider local content options, such as the inclusion of cassava flour in wheat to r…
iNews Nigeria: Nigeria: New yam seed production technique excites Nigerian farmers – Afrique en Ligue
Yam seed production technique Nigeria – A healthy seed yam producing technique developed by scientists at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), that promises better harvests in the season ahead, is exciting farmers in Nigeri…
ddrgateway: Mauritania: Sahel region faces renewed drought crisis
For the third time in the past decade, drought has returned to the arid, western shoulder of Africa, bringing hunger to millions. Aid agencies are warning that if action is not taken now, the region known as the Sahel could slip into crisis.