Nigeria is taking its agricultural value-added programme nationwide after initial trials resulted in higher crop yields and increased efficiency.
Africa Agriculture
Displaying 121 - 126 of 507
Economic update | La hausse de la production agricole rapproche l’Algérie de la sécurité alimentaire
20 Nov 2018
Grâce à une augmentation de sa production agricole nationale, l’Algérie se rapproche un peu plus de son objectif d’autosuffisance alimentaire ; selon des prévisions officielles, le pays pourrait mettre un terme à l’importation de produits agricoles d’ici trois ans.
Located at a juncture between Africa, the Middle East and Asia, Djibouti has easy access to international trade routes via the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, and borders fast-growing yet landlocked Ethiopia, making it an ideal continental hub. New ports, railway links and road improvement projects are enhancing economic efficiencies and providing a solid platform to bolster expansion in sectors.
Articles & Analysis | Agri-tech data drives the movement of food to Kenyan markets from The Report: Kenya 2018
In recent years the accelerating uptake of new means of crop production and distribution have begun to change Kenyan smallholder farming. Between 2015 and 2017 Kenyan start-ups involved in agricultural technologies and innovations – also referred to as agri-tech – raised KSh1.37bn ($13.4m). In the wake of this explosive growth, Kenya, which...
Articles & Analysis | Resilience, security and value are key to developing Kenyan agriculture from The Report: Kenya 2018
Amid strong growth in other sectors, agriculture remained a significant, if smaller, part of the Kenyan economy in 2017, accounting directly for 31.5% of the nation’s GDP. Farms also employed 38% of the formal workforce, while authorities estimated real sector participation to be higher, owing to informal farming. In 2017 growth was slowed by...
Articles & Analysis | Digital and precision farming practices bolster global agricultural resiliency from The Report: Kenya 2018
Against a backdrop of increasingly severe and financially straining climate events and natural disasters, technology is poised to play an important role in maintaining and improving global agricultural output. The adoption of digital and precision farming practices has been shown to improve crop resiliency, and boost productivity and incomes,...