Tag: USAID
Press Release: U.S. and Malawi team up to reduce aflatoxins in...
This morning, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Malawi, Andrew Herrup and the Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Gray Nyandule Phiri participated in...
Uganda Launches Agricultural Manuals For Beans And Maize Farmers
The Government of Uganda has developed and launched revised agricultural manuals to help maize and beans farmers shift from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture.
The...
Ghana: Seed regulatory framework making steady progress – Agric Minister
A framework to regulate seed production standards in Ghana is in its final stages and would soon be approved by Parliament.
The Ghana Seed Regulatory...
Ghana: $158 Million Private Capital In Support Of AgriBusiness
Over US$ 158 million has been unlocked in private capital for 2,846 agribusinesses under the USAID Financing Ghanaian Agriculture Project (USAID FinGAP).
Forty (40) per...
Africa: USAID trade hubs created over 60,000 new jobs in Africa
U.S. Agency for International Development’s Mission Director for West Africa, Alex Deprez has revealed that US-Africa trade relations have led to the creation of...
UFAAS organised the first National Agricultural Extension Symposium in Uganda
The first Uganda National Agricultural Extension Symposium was successfully held from 13 – 15 March 2018 at Hotel Africana in Kampala. The symposium was...
Zimbabwe: US partners to fight armyworm
The United States (US) is partnering thousands of Zimbabwean farmers to tackle the fall armyworm in the country.
Partnerships come amid projections the pest could cause...
Kenya: Controlling Post Harvest Loss through local preservation methods
The Kenyan Government is placing a big bet on hermetic storage bags, one of the oldest forms of food preservation in the world, to...
USAID, Others Boosts Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Devt
In order towards ensuring food security in Nigeria, USAID and Africa Lead in collaboration with African Harvesters & Leap Africa is boosting Agribusiness Entrepreneurship...
Ghana: USAID trains women in agriculture
Fifty women leaders in agriculture, District officers of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and Civil Society Organisation drawn from the Upper East Region...
