Africa’s youth are turning to technology for new and smart agricultural practices. This was revealed at the Young Africa Works Summit held in Kigali, where the youth’s innovations were on show. At the summit, speaker after speaker said the youth are still struggling with access to capital for these new ventures. According to Rita Kimani,

The Tanzania Cotton Board (TCB) Director General, Marco Mtunga said in Mwanza over the weekend that some of the strategies being adopted towards that end include adoption of contract farming and multiplication of UKM08, a new certified cotton seed which is expected to improve the quality of cotton lint while boosting cotton yields in Tanzania.

Tanzania Ambassador to China, Mbelwa Kairuki signed for Dar es Salaam while Beijing was represented by Deputy Head of China’s General Rights of Quality, Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, Li Yuanping. Ambassador Kairuki said to boost the country’s cassava production, the embassy in Beijing started to shop around for technology to increase its output. “This is

Rwanda had a good harvest for both grains and cereals last season, which attracted huge demand from regional buyers. This has benefitted farmers in terms of better revenues earned, but has also created big grain shortages on the local market and pushed up prices of beans and maize, according to the Rwanda Grains and Cereals

Rwanda’s coffee export revenues rose marginally in March to $2.4 million (about Rwf2.02 billion), up from $2.1 million (about Rwf1.77 billion) recorded during the same period in 2016, the National Agricultural Export Board (NAEB) monthly report indicates. This was despite a drop in coffee prices on international market to $2.36 per kilo, down from $2.40

The Ministry of Agriculture has banned livestock movement from Nyagatare District following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the area. The New Times has learnt that the disease was first detected on Tuesday in some cows  in Gabiro area. The disease outbreak, and the restriction imposed, mean that Nyagatare farmers cease sale of about 60,000

The Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zheng Zhugiang has said his country will do whatever it takes to help Uganda’s efforts of attainment of the middle income status. Speaking during a function to hand over two pickups to Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) on Monday, Amb. Zhugiang said they will always be available to help Uganda. “Ugandans

Former African Union (AU) Commissioner Rhoda Peace Tumusiime has demanded that Uganda’s finance ministry explains why the agricultural sector is underfunded. “When are you making the 10 percent budget allocation to agriculture? This is a decision at a continental level that every government must measure up to,” Tumusiime said at a function Friday to launch her autobiography “My