Root Capital and The MasterCard Foundation to Increase Incomes for 300,000 Farmers in West Africa: Impact investing pioneer Root Capital (www.RootCapital.org) announced today at the African Green Revolution Forum a new partnership with The MasterCard Foundation (www.MastercardFdn.org) that will help raise incomes for over 300,000 smallholder farmers in West Africa. The … [Read more...] about Root Capital and The MasterCard Foundation to Increase Incomes for 300,000 Farmers in West Africa
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Crops or carats? The unattended tensions between miners and farmers | The Conversation
Crops or carats? The unattended tensions between miners and farmers: Artisanal small-scale mining in Africa competes for resources with farming ShutterstockThe interaction between artisanal (small scale) mining and agriculture in Africa still needs to be carefully considered by policy makers to ensure that people’s livelihoods and countries' export revenues aren’t threatened. … [Read more...] about Crops or carats? The unattended tensions between miners and farmers | The Conversation
South Africa: Newly Empowered Black Farmers Ruined By Drought
South Africa: Newly Empowered Black Farmers Ruined By Drought: [IPS] Cape Town -Almost half a decade of drought across most of South Africa has led to small towns in crisis and food imports for the first time in over 20 years, as well as severely hampering the government's planned land redistribution programme. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News ANC unfazed after … [Read more...] about South Africa: Newly Empowered Black Farmers Ruined By Drought
SA News: Bank loans beyond reach for Zimbabwe farmers without land titles
Bank loans beyond reach for Zimbabwe farmers without land titles: To counter food insecurity, the government is importing maize from countries including Zambia, Ukraine, South Africa and Brazil, after drought hit production of the staple crop. Earlier this year, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe needed ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews Elton John AIDS … [Read more...] about SA News: Bank loans beyond reach for Zimbabwe farmers without land titles
How prizes can encourage African farmers to embrace innovation | The Conversation
How prizes can encourage African farmers to embrace innovation: Some farmers are suspicious of technological innovation. But technology can really help them. Mike Hutchings/ReutersAfrica must transform agriculture to meet its food security needs and contribute to economic transformation. But change in this sector is usually slow. It is often bedevilled by popular opposition to … [Read more...] about How prizes can encourage African farmers to embrace innovation | The Conversation
