The work of the Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Activity implemented by Winrock featured prominently at the 6th Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week – a major continental conference that occurs every two years. Hosted this year in … Read More
New varieties of climate-resilient and highly nutritious crops bring hope to rural communities in Koulikoro, Ségou, Kayes and Sikasso regions of Mali. Farmer field days held in Mali during the pre-harvest season, October and November 2022, have led to increased … Read More
EUCORD is an international non-profit organization with a mission to increase farmers’ capacity to sustainably grow quality crops that match the commercial needs of the agribusiness sector. In 2018 initiated Uhira Wunguke (Irrigate to Win) Project with a goal to … Read More
FAO has developed the project “Feeding Urbanization: Building Prosperous Small Cities and Towns”. The aim of the project is to contribute to the improvement of livelihoods in small cities and towns through sustainable food production, off-farm value-adding operations and … Read More
The Managing Director of Bralirwa, Merid Demissie speaking to stakeholders in maize farming value chain during the roundtable discussions in Rwamagana district Maize farmers from Rwamagana, Kayonza and Ngoma districts in Eastern Province have extolled Rwanda’s largest beverage producer (Bralirwa … Read More
From tilling small fragmented farms and cultivating them with a wide array of crops, 73 farmers working together in Jyambere Muhinzi Cooperative in Gishari Sector of Rwamagana district in Rwanda’s Eastern Province now have more than 100ha of land under … Read More
EUCORD has been collaborating with HEINEKEN, the Dutch government and local partners in Ethiopia including the Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) on the CREATE Ethiopia project. Through this Public Private Partnership, we work to bring market-led solutions to Ethiopia and to … Read More
Local sourcing is a key part of HEINEKEN’s partner for growth strategy and supporting the communities in which we operate is a central Company belief. To help financially empower farmers and their communities, we have set an ambitious target to … Read More
Local ingredients can make the best beer – and the best sense for the environment, for farmers, for communities, and for our business. A new partnership project to produce sorghum in East Africa could strengthen our supply chain and improve … Read More
From May 26 to May 27 2014, a regional workshop was held on rice value chain development at the Venus Hotel in Kinshasa, Congo, under the auspices of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and organized jointly with the … Read More