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Understanding Global Climate Change and Alternatives for Farmers  

Global climate change is one of the most significant challenges of our time. The extreme weather conditions, change in rainfall, temperature, and humidity patterns have a […]

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It takes a Healthy Farmer to Produce Food – Staying Safe Amid Covid19

A farmer has to be healthy to produce food. A farmer equally has to stay safe to meet the demand for healthy food in the midst […]

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Creating a Sustainable Future In Agriculture

Agriculture is as famous as the world’s oldest profession. Its role in our feeding, health, commerce, fashion etc. cannot be overemphasized. Due to agriculture’s prominence, world-renowned […]

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AATF partners IRRI to Scale Hybrid Rice Production in Africa

The International Rice and Research Institute, IRRI has signed a four- year partnership agreement with the African Agricultural Technology Foundation AATF. This partnership will help scale […]

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NARO Invents Anti-tick Vaccine for Livestock Farmers

Scientist at the National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO) in Uganda has developed an anti-tick vaccine. This new vaccine was produced by a team of Ugandan scientists […]

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Alloysius Attah is the Co-founder and CEO of Farmline, an agritech startup. As a five-year-old boy, Alloysius lived with his aunt, who is a smallholder farmer […]

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Personality of the Week: Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed Falalu

Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed Falalu founded Falgates Rice Mill in 2012, which officially began operations in 2016. The journey into becoming a farmer started way back in […]

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Global food demand to grow by 15% over next decade- OECD, FAO

Productivity growth in agriculture is expected to stay ahead of food demand over the coming decade, but new uncertainties are emerging on top of the usual […]

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Personality of the Week – Peter Awin

Peter Awin is the CEO of Cowtribe, a tech-enabled agritech startup that caters for the health of livestock in Ghana. Peter hails from the northern part […]

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Personality of the Week: Onyeka Akuma

Onyeka Akuma is the Founder and CEO of the Farmcrowdy Group, an agritech startup that engages technology to create access to finance for smallholder farmers. Onyeka’s […]

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