Smallholder farmers are the mainstay of food production across sub-Saharan Africa-” Ms. Jane Karuku, president of AGRA. The small scale African farmers need all the tools and know how necessary to adapt agricultural practices to ensure resilience in the face of changing climatic conditions and to sustainably increase agricultural productivit, declared John Kufuor, former president of Ghana launching the…
“Many times all what the farmers need is development of markets ,” By Anthony Muchoki Is he a star? Yes, he was at the High Level Policy Dialogue on Food, Income and nutrition Security that took place on 1st September 2014, Addis Ababa. I am talking about Nigerian Ministers of Agriculture. A highly impressed Kenyan Journalist Mr Isaiah Esipisu…
Africa must focus on creating markets for farmers, taking a whole value chain, and investing in new product development to add value to crops. By Anthony Muchoki, Addis Ababa Innovative, spot on, out of box and large scale solutions are needed for lifting Africa’s agriculture from great potential to profitable outputs for the continent’s children to sing “better at…
By Antony Muchoki For income generating small-holder farming initiatives to be more viable in Africa, considerable efforts must be directed to building up credible and forward moving farmer organizations. Farmer leaders from across the continent during the 4th AGRF in Ethiopia were all in agreement that stronger farmer organizations were a key ingredient in taking green revolution in the…
African Leaders to Identify Investments and Actions Needed to Ensure Smallholder Farmers are Prepared for New Challenges to African Food Security Posed by Climate Change ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia– With African leaders promising unprecedented action to energize the continent’s crucially important but often neglected agriculture sector, the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) begins today (1/09/2014) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, offering…