Sitting at the helm of her business, Byampa Enterprises, Maudah Byampangi is living her dream, as she successfully oversees the processing and supply of potato chips across Uganda’s South Western region of Kigezi. Maudah started Byampa Enterprises, a home-based potato-processing … Continue reading Reaching Women: Overcoming gender bias in Agribusiness
Locally produced agricultural products to supply Angola’s retailers and animal feed for poultry and fishery companies. These are just two of the agribusiness opportunities in Southern and Eastern Africa, according to Henri de Villeneuve. De Villeneuve has decades of experience … Continue reading Agribusiness prospects in East and Southern Africa: Investor shares his insights
Due to the popular misconceptions about agriculture, many young Africans have no interest in agribusiness ventures. Upon completing their academic pursuits, young graduates usually scuttle for jobs and in many cases, remain unemployed while waiting for the ‘golden opportunity’. Whereas, … Continue reading “I am better off as a Farmer” – Nigerian young graduate
The Business Advisory Service Providers of Ghana (BASPAG) has partnered with African Women in Agribusiness (AWIA) to build capacity for its members with the purpose of advancing the Agribusiness Sector through Business Advisory Services focusing on Women-led Micro, Small, Medium … Continue reading BASPAG partners with AWIA to build capacity for women-led MSMLES in the agribusiness sector
The government of Zimbabwe has invited investors of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to join in facilitating the country’s highly ambitious $8.2 billion agribusiness project. Minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka pitched this to the investors during the UAE-Zimbabwe Food and … Continue reading Zimbabwe woos UAE investors on $8.2billion Agribusiness Project
The Agriculture Ministry, Kenya, has developed the Enable Youth Programme (EYP) to address challenges affecting youth in agribusiness. Speaking on Spice FM, CAS Anne Nyaga said the EYP was reached on following countrywide consultation on ills affecting youth eyeing agribusiness. … Continue reading Kenya: Agric Ministry develops youth programme to address agribusiness challenges
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, has urged Nigerian youths to lead the revolution in the agricultural sector. Nanono made the call in a statement by Ezeaja Ikemefuna, the Chief Information Officer of the ministry in … Continue reading Nigeria: Federal government launches youth reality TV show to encourage agriculture
The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), hosted a virtual learning event culminating a seven-year, $41.6 million U.S. government-funded Feed the Future Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE II) activity. During the event, participants … Continue reading United States’ Feed the Future Program helps Agribusiness Sector in Ghana
The post-harvest period starts the moment a produce is detached from its medium of growth until consumption thus post-harvest loss is any decrease in the quantity or quality of the produce that has been harvested (Obeng- Ofori & Boateng, 2008). … Continue reading Boosting smallholder farmer revenue by reducing postharvest losses
The Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) has issued guarantee cover for loans of about GH¢66 million given by financial institutions to agribusinesses. This was made known by Ken Ofori -Atta, the President’s nominee for Minister of Finance, … Continue reading GIRSAL guarantees GH¢66 million of credit to agribusinesses.
As part of the medium-term plan for the trade of commodities in Ghana, the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) is considering listing on its trading floor the light cocoa bean, which is mostly consumed by domestic processors. Currently, the exchange does … Continue reading Commodity market: Ghana Commodity Exchange considers trading cocoa
Growing up in the province of Albay, Emilio “Emil” Climaco has been exposed to agriculture at an early age. It has also taught him how to appreciate nature. Over time, it was this experience that inspired him to become a … Continue reading Philippines: Millennial farmer’s passion for growing own food motivated him to establish a farm
The Tandahimba Newala Cooperative Union (TANECU) has revealed that it sold about 5,390 tonnes of cashew nuts worth TSZ11.6 billion, despite having some of its produce rejected by middlemen for poor quality. The Union said the produce went for between … Continue reading Cashew sale reaps in TSZ11.6bn for farmers in Tanzania
Agribusiness leaders from Nigeria and over 25 other countries met at the 2020 edition of Africa’s exclusive tractor, agri-machinery and technology show, AgroMach Africa, which held virtually on December 9 and 10. AgroMach, an initiative of the TAB Group, is … Continue reading AgroMach Africa 2020: Nigeria, 25+ other countries meet to discuss Africa’s mechanisation problems
Catfish exporters in Nigeria have lamented the ban on Nigeria’s processed catfish by the United State government, saying the decision has affected them negatively. The American government banned the export of smoked Fish from Nigeria into the U.S. in March … Continue reading Exporters of catfish lament over U.S. ban on Nigeria
The Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) added rice contracts [Ghana rice] to the number of commodities traded on the electronic trading platform following the approval by the Security and Exchange Commission on 14th December. The move is expected to boost local … Continue reading Made-in-Ghana rice listed on local commodity exchange
Concerning yields, after citrus, grapes are one of the most important fruits grown in Egypt. Farmers cultivate grapes from Alexandria in the north to Aswan in the south. They produce both early and late-ripening grapes. These two factors result in … Continue reading Egyptian grape farmers seeking new sales markets in Argentina and New Zealand
A value chain is a set of linked activities that work to add value to a product; it consists of actors and actions that improve a product while linking commodity producers to processors and markets. Value chains work best when … Continue reading Agricultural value chains: A game changer for small holders
Nowadays, professionals in the so-called white-colour jobs or customary in-demand disciplines are turning to Agriculture. Name them — Doctors, Engineers, Teachers, Nurses, Bankers, etc. — are gradually drifting into the agricultural industry as a better option at the peak of their … Continue reading Reasons your finest professionals are moving into Agri-Industry as Entrepreneurs
Chocolate is certainly not a “JJC” (Johnny Just Came) consumable in the world’s list of delicacies. Made from cocoa, chocolate has been around for about 5000 years, evolving through various civilizations and processing phases into a big time delectable industry … Continue reading Takeaways from the Accra International Cocoa Conference
