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News: News: Stakeholders in Tanzania want improved agriculture extension services to boost output
sector. We have to improve extension services to equip our farmers with the right information regarding what, when and how to produce for what market at what price, said Tanzania Horticulture Association (TAHA) Executive Director Jackline Mkindi told the Agribusiness Congress East Africa in Dar es Salaam. ...more
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Resource: Resource: Options to support smallholder farmer seed systems
271 reads The authors inquire into how smallholder farmers’ practices are affected by seed policies and laws in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. This publication comes at a time when power is becoming increasingly compacted on the seed market. The report Options for national governments to support ...more
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Question: Question: Question
2448 reads How do I add value to my orange fleshed sweet potatoes? Markets / Marketing n58m ...more
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News: News: Innovate for agriculture: New CTA report demonstrates how young ICT entrepreneurs are innovating to transform agriculture
innovations from Barbados, Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda. A couple of innovators who come from outside ACP but offer services in these regions are also featured. The publication is a collection of life stories of interest to aspiring agri-tech ...more
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News: News: Tackling invasive species to protect farmer incomes and livelihoods
moving across the African continent, decimating crops in Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. It has recently reached Nigeria, where a state of emergency has been declared – the pest has destroyed an estimated US$5.1 million of tomatoes and forced at least one major tomato processing plant to close. ...more
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News: News: SAVE THE DATE- WEBINARS ON POST-HARVEST MANAGEMENT
crops (grains and pulses) with a market system approach. The project draws lessons and experiences from the implementing countries that are shared at the continental level. A similar project, Grain Postharvest Loss Prevention Project (GPLP) is being implemented in Tanzania. The projects are funded by ...more
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News: News: INVITATION TO REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE IN WEBINARS ON POSTHARVEST MANAGEMENT
Prevention Project (GPLP) is being implemented in Tanzania. The projects are funded by the Swiss Agency for International Development and Cooperation (SDC). Agribusiness Agricultural Equipment Innovation Agricultural Economics Agricultural Extension Agricultural Innovation Systems Agricultural Research ...more
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Story: Story: GENDER AS A DEVELOPMENT CONCERN
In east Africa Rwanda has the largest number of women in parliament, the country constitution provide for quota system. Uganda and Tanzania are ahead of Kenya. Despite the strides made in empowering women politically through affirmative action, however, it runs the risk of sideling women’s equal ...more
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Question: Question: Pest Management
472 reads Oliver Teekpeh Rikki Agudah mobile Pest Management Do Army Worms change form into spiders? Advisory Services 99gg ...more