All articles in 'Agrifocus'


Why BT Cotton Could Lift Thousands Out of the Pove...

The President promised to unlock the region's economy by reviving viable economic projects that had...

11th October 2022
West Africa Textiles and Garments Focus Report

Africa produces roughly 100 species of cotton and hosts six cotton-growing basins, the largest of wh...

15th June 2021
Tackling Child Labor in Cassava Through Improved W...

Weeds are major constraints to cassava production in Africa, contributing to yield reduction and pla...

5th May 2020
EAC Coffee Business: Unlocking Trade and Investmen...

Over the years, the coffee value chain in EAC has witnessed a remarkable transformation.

3rd March 2020
How Researchers Can Disseminate Agricultural Innov...

Father of Cassava, Dr. Dixon, proffers strategies on How Researchers Can Disseminate Agricultural In...

7th January 2020
Double-Digit Investment Needed to Transform Agricu...

No matter our good intentions, we will not see a transformation in agriculture if we continue to inv...

20th August 2019
Rethinking Our Food System to Tackle Climate Chang...

The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable.

13th August 2019
Al-Amoudi Funds Bio-Pesticide Research to Curtail...

Phytolacca dodecandra is a sprawling woody climber with stems reaching 5–10 m in length,

2nd July 2019
Africa-EU Agriculture and Food Security Cooperatio...

We have entered into a new phase of cooperation with African Farmers Organisations

25th June 2019
Unlocking Africa’s Agricultural Potential to Creat...

Africa has some 58 million kids that are stunted, meaning they are too short for their age.

28th August 2018
Tackling Africa’s Agricultural Sector at the Root

“You have to be willing to invest ahead of the curve,” says Peter Veal. “Some of our competitors hav...

17th July 2018
Cotton Made in Africa Initiative

CmiA - an Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTf) initiative - represents a prestigious sustainability stan...

5th December 2017
Betting on Africa to Feed the World

Significant productivity gains have been recorded globally in food production, including in Africa,...

17th October 2017
Nigeria: Improved Weed Control for Food Security

Improved weed control help Nigerian farmers to record 27tons/ha from on-farm demonstration farms

9th October 2017
Fisheries in Africa, Caribbean & Pacific: Opportun...

ACP’s share of world fisheries trade remains minimal

18th September 2017
Sustainable Aquaculture: New Frontiers for Economi...

Fish is the main animal protein source for more than 30% of the African population and employs over...

11th July 2017
Food Security: The Case of Singapore

Open trade in food encourages specialization which in turn encourages economies of scale

11th July 2017
No Access to Good Quality and Nutritious Food: No...

There is no reason why our world or Africa, my continent, should have problems of hunger and malnutr...

20th June 2017
Feeding Africa: Role of the African Development Ba...

The key is to turn Africa’s natural comparative advantage in agriculture into a competitive advantag...

30th May 2017
Feeding Nigeria

Aliko Dangote will become the single largest rice producer in the world in the next four to five yea...

10th May 2017
E.A. Postharvest Technology Innovators to Compete...

25 Postharvest Technology Innovators From East Africa to Pitch in Postharvest Technologies Fair and...

3rd May 2017
Low Seed Volume and Limited Crop Choices at Local...

Interviews with 438 Agrodealers from Eight Counties Finds Farmer Demand Often Exceeds Supply at Loca...

15th February 2017
Agro-allied Industrialization for Africa’s Inclusi...

A comprehensive transformation of the agriculture sector in Africa towards agro-allied industrializa...

19th January 2017
Growing Food and Growing Entrepreneurs: The Fuel F...

I believe that agriculture is an inherently profitable sector because people must eat.

9th May 2016
Six Youth-Owned Enterprises from Kenya, Uganda, Ta...

The Forum, dubbed “Seize the Moment: Africa Rising through Agricultural Transformation,” focuses on...

6th September 2016
Tipping the Scales and Relegating Global Hunger to...

Almost eight hundred million men, women and children will not have enough food to eat today

12th September 2016
Food Security: How Africa Can Feed Itself

Africa needs to feed itself and develop with pride. There is no reason for Africa to be a net food-i...

20th September 2016
Role of Science and Technologies in Agriculture

Africa needs to invest more in science and technology to become more efficient and competitive in ag...

14th June 2016
Innovation In Agriculture

We must involve famers not only in agenda, but in the actual running of the business of agriculture...

18th April 2016
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African Perceptions of the Eur...