Relevant News Articles
Kenya’s Watching, June 14, 2019 | Potato farmers in five counties to access certified planting material
Daily Trust, June 12, 2019 | Why wheat farming is suffering setback in Nigeria
IPP Media, June 12, 2019 | A journey from a small-scale farm to international stage
Ghana Web, June 11, 2019 | Nestlé, AGRA partner to support 2,000 young agriculture entrepreneurs in West Africa
Standard Digital, June 6, 2019 | Farmers’ pain for lack of certified seeds
Ghana Web, June 5, 2019 | Expect ten percent growth in agriculture in next 2-years
Africa News, June 3, 2019 | uMsinga emerging farmer invests in high-tech agriculture solutions that will benefit local women-run farming cooperatives
Ghana Web, June 3, 2019 | GEPA trains yam farmers to improve productivity for export
MIT News, May 30, 2019 | Empowering African Farmers with Data
Seed World, May 30, 2019 | Taking Notice of Illegal Seed Practices
Resilience Magazine, May 29, 2019 |
What Defines a Farmer? Exploring Attitudes to Scale in Agriculture
The Indian Express, May 29, 2019 |
Advertising Millennials ‘make farming sexy’ in Africa, where tilling the soil once meant shame
This month’s spotlight focuses on a much-discussed issue in connection with the seed industry in Africa: counterfeit seeds, or “fake seeds,” as they are often called. The article explains why fake seeds are a serious problem in Africa and discusses some innovative solutions countries are implementing to combat the issue.
Click here to read the article (read time: about 5 min).
Ghanian Times, May 13, 2019 | Ghana: Food and Agric Leadership Forum to Recognise Outstanding Women in Agric
Africa Business Insight, May 13, 2019 | Kola Masha: Agriculture could be Nigeria’s job creation engine
Leadership Newspaper Nigeria, May 7, 2019 | NACS Partners Firm On Electronic Verification of Seeds
TCV News, May 3, 2019 | Nigeria to begin elimination of fake, adulterated seeds
IPP Media, May 2, 2019 | TOSCI warns of uncertified poor quality sunflower seeds
Zim Eye, May 1, 2019 | Fake Seeds Flood The Market
Eagle Online Uganda, April 29, 2019 | Comesa launches regional seed label online verification system
Voice of America, April 28, 2019 | Kenya Taps into Technology to Attract Youth to Farm
The Kenyan News Agency, April 28, 2019 | Over 40 percent of potato harvest in Nakuru, valued at Sh3billion goes to waste yearly
The EastAfrican, April 28, 2019 | Climate smart farming projects in Uganda get 1.2m
New Telegraph, April 26, 2019 | Tackling Nigeria’s huge seeds gap
SeedWorld, April 23, 2019| CIMMYT and Clinton Foundation Partner to Improve Access to Climate-Resilient Maize Seed
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, April 24, 2019| Delivering bundled digital products and services for climate-smart agriculture in Zimbabwe
The Guardian, April 22, 2019 | ‘Substandard seeds, adulterated inputs threaten farm yields, food security’
Punch Online, April 22, 2019 | Transforming Nigeria’s agriculture through innovations
Ventures Africa, April 19, 2019 | Vodacom empowers hundres of female farmers in South Africa with digital skills
CAJ News Africa, April 19, 2019 | Dilemma in plans to reboot Mozambique’s Idai-hit agriculture
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