Category: African Agri-News

Contract farming in Africa is increasingly becoming a key model for linking smallholder farmers to reliable markets, improving agricultural productivity, and supporting agribusiness development. Across the continent, millions of farmers grow crops and rear livestock under agreements with buyers such as processors, exporters, cooperatives, and large agribusiness companies. For many African farmers, access to markets…

Water bankruptcy in Africa is becoming one of the most serious threats to agriculture, food security, and rural livelihoods. Across the continent, farmers are facing unreliable rainfall, drying rivers, declining groundwater levels, and rising competition for limited water resources. What was once a seasonal challenge now evolved into a long-term structural crisis. For African farmers,…

AI tools for small-scale farmers in Africa are transforming how millions of farmers grow food, manage risks, and access markets. Small-scale farmers are the backbone of Africa’s food system, cultivating small plots of land often less than two hectares yet producing most of the food consumed locally. From maize and beans in East Africa to…

Agricultural Technology in Africa: Transforming Farming Into a Data-Driven Industry For decades, agriculture has remained the backbone of Africa’s economy. It feeds millions, supports rural livelihoods, and anchors national food security systems. Yet despite its importance, farming across the continent has long struggled with unpredictable rainfall, rising input costs, low productivity, post-harvest losses, and limited…

Africa is having a quiet revolution which is taking place and it is being led by the youth. For many years, agriculture has been viewed as an occupation for older people, a sector defined by hard labour, unpredictable income, and limited opportunities. Many young Africans wanted nothing to do with it. But that story is…

For many years, Africans have talked about agriculture as the backbone of the continent. It is true that Africa is sitting on one of the biggest economic opportunities in the world which is hiding in plain sight. From Kenya to Nigeria, Ghana to Ethiopia, Zambia to Senegal, the same pattern repeats itself. Agriculture feeds millions,…

Across Africa and South Asia, millions of smallholder farmers are facing a growing crisis. Droughts are lasting longer, floods are more frequent, and once-predictable seasons have become increasingly unreliable. For many families who rely on farming to survive, the land that once fed them is now testing their endurance. In a major boost, the Bill…

Across Africa, climate change is quietly rewriting the rules of existence not just for people, but for pests and diseases too. Farmers, herders, and health workers are witnessing something they’ve never seen before: pests showing up in new areas, insects breeding faster than usual, and diseases appearing in regions that were once considered safe. What…

In Africa, livestock isn’t just an economic activity but way of life. Cows, goats, camels, and sheep feed families, pay school fees, and serve as a show of wealth for millions. But as the climate changes, so does the reality of livestock farming. Rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, and degraded grazing lands are forcing farmers and…

Rwanda and Burundi’s tea industries are staring at a tough year after suffering some of the steepest price drops at the Mombasa tea auction. For two countries where tea is more than just a crop it’s the backbone of rural life and a key source of foreign exchange the sharp fall in prices shows a…