As part of the AID-I GLR initiative, One Acre Fund (1AF) in Rwanda introduced Iyacu Maize Flour, a game-changing product that is set to revolutionize the Rwandan market. Iyacu is OURS in Kinyarwanda, meaning food for the community. Enriched…
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Eastern Africa
Changing fortunes of farmers and empowering women in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania through legumes
While it is the number one cash crop for most farmers in Tanzania, maize is getting a serious run for its money from legumes such as beans, groundnut, and soybean which are becoming commercial crops in the cool and…
Western Africa
IFAD/ IITA/HQCF value chain project organizes farmers’ field day…and provides Kwara farmers with a weeding machine
The IFAD/IITA HQCF Value chain project organized a field day at Ijoga-Orile on 8 December 2015, bringing together HQCF master bakers, extension agents, farmers, financial institutions, input suppliers, local machine fabricators, marketers, nutritionists, processors, researchers, transporters, youth, and students.…
While the main source of income for cassava farmers in Tanzania is through the sale of cassava roots, the leaves which are edible and rich in protein and vitamins are becoming increasingly important. However, trade in the leaves is…
Harvesting Nutrition Celebration: A Showcase of Award-Winning Agriculture-Nutrition, a ceremony to celebrate the three projects that scooped the 2013 Human Nutrition Award, took place 19 February, at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington D.C. The projects were selected for…
Eastern Africa Uncategorized
SARD-SC demonstrates improved cassava farming practices to spur production in Kigoma, Tanzania
The Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa (SARD-SC) project led by the International of Institute Tropical Agriculture (IITA) held a successful one-day farmers field day to demonstrate the improved cassava production technologies it was…
The N2Africa project recently held a field day for smallholder farmers in Kwemashai Village, Lushoto District, Tanga Region, in Tanzania. The event allowed farmers to compare the different legume farming treatments being tested by the project. The farmers evaluated…