Agriculture employs more than 60 percent of the active population in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), underscoring the sector’s enormous potential to create wealth and jobs and spur development.
Levelling the playing field in agricultural research, innovation
It is not enough to have policies; the policies must be well-designed and based on evidence to address the real issues facing African agri-food systems
How regulation of key food crops is giving Kenyan farmers a better deal
Beatrice Nyamwamu speaks to PanAfrican Agriculture about the agency’s achievements and challenges enforcing rules in the country’s crop sector
Tractor sharing app breaks new ground for smallholders
The success of Airbnb in transport and hotel industries offers lessons on the positive disruptions of the sharing economy.
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Support climate-smart agriculture innovations to fix Africa’s food crisis: Climate change has emerged as one of the greatest threats to Africa’s agriculture due to the prolonged droughts, erratic rainfall, and crop pest and disease outbreaks associated with the phenomenon.
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Levelling the playing field in agricultural research, innovation
It is not enough to have policies; the policies must be well-designed and based on evidence to address the real issues facing African agri-food systems
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It is difficult to have a conversation about agricultural transformation in Africa without highlighting the contribution of Dr Nteranya Sanginga. The Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
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