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How to sell careers in agriculture to millennials

Posted by Jenny Rozan on December 15, 2019 at 6:20am

Group manager for assurance services at NWK, 34-year-old Jacqueline Mathews, maintains that South Africa’s agriculture sector needs tech-savvy, curious young people.

Government of Ghana is introducing an agricultural insurance policy for smallholder farmers, here’s how

Posted by Jenny Rozan on November 10, 2019 at 7:10am

The National Insurance Commission (NIC) in Ghana has disclosed that it is introducing a comprehensive agricultural insurance for smallholder farmers in the country. According to the commission, the policy seeks to provide insurance cover for smallho

Improving small-scale farmer income is vital to achieving food security

Posted by Jenny Rozan on November 9, 2019 at 7:18am

To transform farming in Kenya, we have to empower small-scale agricultural producers to generate sustainable income and livelihood from crops, livestock and fisheries. This means allocating resources to areas where maximum impact will be felt along t

Business Risks in Livestock Farming Enterprises in Zambia

Posted by Jenny Rozan on October 18, 2019 at 2:00pm

Livestock farming is an investment which most of us venture in because we have seen and heard how successful other farmers are doing. I have seen and heard of many prospective farmers who have obtained loans to start livestock enterprises but have en

Conservation Agriculture : What You Need To Know

Posted by Jenny Rozan on August 14, 2019 at 5:52am

Stanley Martin, Founder of Conservation Agriculture Botswana, which has demonstration farms in Francistown and Kasane, says that Conservation Agriculture is a methodology, a tool to diversify conventional farming whilst promoting a level of sustainab

Women hold the key to building a world free from hunger and poverty

Posted by Jenny Rozan on August 8, 2019 at 1:16pm

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization , if women farmers had the same access to resources as men, there would be 150 million less hungry people in the world. Achieving gender equality and empowering women is not only the right thing to

CHANGING THE PARADIGM IN UGANDAN FARMING PRACTICES

Posted by Jenny Rozan on August 5, 2019 at 11:18pm

Even without climate change, there is an enormous challenge to meet the growing demand for food with the current status of soil health in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). By 2050, SSA’s population will increase 2.5-fold and demand for cereals will approxima

Farmers asked to embrace new farming systems

Posted by Jenny Rozan on July 24, 2019 at 7:20am

One of the new farming systems is agroecology, a practice that promotes the use of organic materials such as animal manure, plant residues, digging up water channels in farms, integrating trees and minimal use of agrochemicals in farming. The call

Small scale farmers learn all about the new rage: chicken farming

Posted by Jenny Rozan on July 11, 2019 at 7:12am

Poultry farming is fast becoming all the rage as farmers realise the advantages of this type of farming, especially in times of drought. Course leaders explained that chickens can be categorised into layers and broilers. Broilers are produced for mea

Poultry industry makes giant strides

Posted by Jenny Rozan on July 7, 2019 at 8:50am

The broiler industry has recorded phenomenal growth since 2009 from 18 million chicks yielding 26 000 tonnes per annum to 91 million chicks yielding 143 000 tonnes as at last year. This came out during a meeting held at ART Farm in Harare on Thursda

Make farming attractive to young people

Posted by Jenny Rozan on July 1, 2019 at 8:30am

Almost every working Kenyan has a ‘side hustle’. Mine, like for many other Kenyans’, is in small-scale farming — which I do on a 10-acre piece of land. This is not just for making ends meet. There are certain intrinsic and almost sentimental benef

Sorghum becomes gold for Kenyan rural dwellers

Posted by Jenny Rozan on June 30, 2019 at 8:40am

For many years in Kenya, sorghum was cultivated for subsistence by few farmers, especially in arid areas. They would then harvest the crop and consume it themselves since it lacked commercial value due to low demand. But fortunes have changed for t

Farmers leverage Africa’s $2.5b crowdfunding market

Posted by Jenny Rozan on June 23, 2019 at 10:40am

Access to finance is a huge problem for farmers. Many of them, particularly smallholders, find it difficult to get credit from banks for large-scale projects. Yet, the World Bank estimates the potential of Africa’s crowdfunding market at $2.5 billion

Zimbabwe farmers smell the tea and coffee

Posted by Jenny Rozan on June 16, 2019 at 7:30am

The two agricultural commodities, which are fetching higher export prices, are on the rebound owing to the potential they give to Zimbabwean farmers and companies to earn foreign currency in a country battling a financial squeeze.Most farmers have be

Climate-smart community seed banks conserve and share essential farm biodiversity resources

Posted by Jenny Rozan on June 14, 2019 at 4:40pm

Climate change and variability aggravate the challenges associated with agricultural livelihoods, with farmers struggling to maintain crop diversity, now more than ever. Existing mechanisms to meet farmers’ seed requirements are inadequate, but there

Equity bank invests over Sh1 billion into farming and agriculture projects

Posted by Jenny Rozan on June 7, 2019 at 7:32am

NAIROBI, Kenya Jun 6 – Equity Bank’s effort in improving livelihoods of smallholder farmers saw it invest over Sh1.06 Billion to improve market access, capacity building and expansion of agricultural production value chain as of end of first quarter

ARMTI canvasses inclusion of smallholder farmers in export

Posted by Jenny Rozan on May 28, 2019 at 2:30pm

Speaking during a three-day agro-produce exportation summit organised by ARMTI in Abuja from recently, Oladunni declared that smallholder farmers formed the greatest bulk of agro producers in Nigeria, and operating below optimum capacity would perpet

Agronomist's notebook: Farming with Sh50,000; a guide for beginners

Posted by Polly Galita on March 9, 2019 at 7:34pm

Saturday March 9 2019

Vegetables in a farm. Farming is a lucrative business, but it needs very good planning, especially for beginners.

In Summary

Farming is a lucrative business, but it needs very good planning, especially for beginners. On

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What is organic farming?

Posted by Jenny Rozan on November 11, 2019 at 9:10am

Characterization of mixed farms - Chapter 1

Posted by Polly Galita on September 18, 2019 at 4:09pm

ABCs of carrot cultivation

Posted by Jenny Rozan on September 4, 2019 at 6:55am

TIOMANgrow platform provides rural smallholder farmers with the missing knowledge of conservation farming

Posted by Polly Galita on September 3, 2019 at 2:50pm

Here’s how we defeat greenhouse tomato pests without using chemicals

Posted by Jenny Rozan on August 17, 2019 at 7:30am

Here’s how to grow maize for higher yields

Posted by Jenny Rozan on August 4, 2019 at 8:07am

Inside farmers’ new ‘craze’ for organic fertilizer

Posted by Jenny Rozan on July 21, 2019 at 9:26am

GARDENING 101: STARTING A HOME GARDEN

Posted by Jenny Rozan on July 17, 2019 at 7:49pm

Why Ploughing Is Such A Bad Idea

Posted by Polly Galita on July 16, 2019 at 8:58am

Use This Companion Planting Chart to Help Your Garden Thrive

Posted by Jenny Rozan on July 10, 2019 at 6:04pm

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CHANGING THE PARADIGM IN UGANDAN FARMING PRACTICES

Posted by Jenny Rozan on August 5, 2019 at 11:18pm

I am proud that I am allowed to head the developments at Bulikimu KisoBOKa NGO into a sustainable and environmental responsible direction. The KisoBOKa AGRI team is training our beneficiaries in low cost regenerative circular farming practices.…

Bridging digital divide can improve food security in Africa

Posted by Jenny Rozan on June 25, 2019 at 5:50am

A new report has recommended actions to consider to build digital skills for African rural communities and farmers to improve their livelihoods.

The report, titled “Byte by byte: Policy innovation for transforming Africa’s food system with…

Catch them young – young farmers trigger climate-smart agriculture in Zimbabwe

Posted by Jenny Rozan on July 4, 2019 at 8:20am

The Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) thinks school children and students should be in the frontline to raise awareness and trigger action against climate change, a major threat to food security in the region.

“Young people are the future of…

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farming (18)

How to sell careers in agriculture to millennials

Government of Ghana is introducing an agricultural insurance policy for smallholder farmers, here’s how

Improving small-scale farmer income is vital to achieving food security

Business Risks in Livestock Farming Enterprises in Zambia

Conservation Agriculture : What You Need To Know

Women hold the key to building a world free from hunger and poverty

CHANGING THE PARADIGM IN UGANDAN FARMING PRACTICES

Farmers asked to embrace new farming systems

Small scale farmers learn all about the new rage: chicken farming

Poultry industry makes giant strides

Make farming attractive to young people

Sorghum becomes gold for Kenyan rural dwellers

Farmers leverage Africa’s $2.5b crowdfunding market

Zimbabwe farmers smell the tea and coffee

Climate-smart community seed banks conserve and share essential farm biodiversity resources

Equity bank invests over Sh1 billion into farming and agriculture projects

ARMTI canvasses inclusion of smallholder farmers in export

Agronomist's notebook: Farming with Sh50,000; a guide for beginners

Saturday March 9 2019

In Summary

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Articles

What is organic farming?

Characterization of mixed farms - Chapter 1

ABCs of carrot cultivation

TIOMANgrow platform provides rural smallholder farmers with the missing knowledge of conservation farming

Here’s how we defeat greenhouse tomato pests without using chemicals

Here’s how to grow maize for higher yields

Inside farmers’ new ‘craze’ for organic fertilizer

GARDENING 101: STARTING A HOME GARDEN

Why Ploughing Is Such A Bad Idea

Use This Companion Planting Chart to Help Your Garden Thrive

Note: this page contains paid content.

HOT

CHANGING THE PARADIGM IN UGANDAN FARMING PRACTICES

Bridging digital divide can improve food security in Africa

Catch them young – young farmers trigger climate-smart agriculture in Zimbabwe

Note: this page contains paid content.