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Ghana must protect seeds from corporate capture to ensure the right to food, nutrition

FIAN International has thrown its support behind calls to repeal a law in Ghana that peasants fear would criminalize them for saving, using, exchanging,...

Zimbabwe: Farmers Decry High Seed Cost

BULAWAYO peri-urban farmers have decried the exorbitant prices of maize seed and fertilizer. The rains which fall in the city Wednesday have stampeded farmers into...

Naro takes steps to check adulteration of seeds

It is important for farmers to grow crops out of quality seed which is either open pollinated or highbred seed in order to obtain...

KENYA: Sanergy gets $2.5 million for fertilizer and protein from waste

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) is investing $2.5 million in Sanergy. The U.S. Company will use the funding to produce fertilizer for agriculture...

Digitisation seeds opportunities for Eastern Africa’s farmers

I have always loved farming. My passion comes from growing up in rural western Kenya, where I braved chilly Saturday mornings to till a small...

Agricultural Inputs Worth $600 Mn Distributed in Ethiopia This FY

Ethiopian Agricultural Business Corporation said it has distributed agricultural inputs worth over $600 million to farmers all over the country during the Ethiopian fiscal...

Uganda forms committee to study efficacy of agriculture inputs after public outcry

Uganda on  formed a special committee to investigate the efficacy of agrochemicals, acaricides and other agriculture inputs following a public outcry. Agriculture minister Frank Tumwebaze...

FG, Japan support 150 farmers with rice seeds, inputs

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), on Wednesday, empowered 150 rice farmers...

Women’s role highlighted in a study focusing on the benefits of seed production for good farmers

A new study examining the benefits of seed production by good farmers suggests that women need more support to participate in contract farming. CABI-led research...

Anuvia raises $103 million to commercialize its novel fertilizer

Agrochemical prices in South Africa continued on an upward trajectory during the past year, and should this trend continue, farmers could expect to pay...

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