Dar es Salaam. Growing coffee and banana together not only generates more income for small-holder farmers, compared to growing either crop alone, but it can also help coffee production to better cope with the effects of climate change, a recent study h…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and researchers today launched the US$63.24 million AfDB-funded initiative that aims to raise agricultural productivity and also lift millions of Africans out of poverty.
Better harvests, more income for farmers using the healthy yam seed technique.mp4 For many Yam farmers, planting for the next cropping season usually demands setting aside up to one-third of their harvest This video highlights a project on production t…
Cassava, a rough and ready root crop that has long been the foundation of food security in Africa is finally getting the respect it deserves. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom (DFID) are investing $25.2M to improve the staple crop’s productivity…
Areas hit by massive floods in Bayelsa region of Nigeria will benefit from seeds conserved in the genebank of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), as the Institute plans to assist farmers rebuild their livelihoods with new improv…
