How to unleash Tanzania’s economic potential through farming

Jan 28, 2022

Poverty is not a joke; and it can leave those who have experienced it first-hand permanently scarred. For some of us, it has become an obsession, forming the bedrock of all our intellectual pursuits. How do you lift a nation from poverty? This is the question that we...

CBN Unveils Revised Anchor Borrowers Programme guidelines

Nov 9, 2021

CBN Unveils Revised Anchor Borrowers Programme guidelines In a bid to ensure sustainability and increased food production in Nigeria, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released revised guidelines for its Anchors Borrowers Programme. Prepared by the apex bank’s...

Households ‘can fight their own food insecurity’

Jul 16, 2021

Households should bear in mind that the right to access to food does not mean relying only on government provisions, argues Pamela Matyolo, agricultural economist at the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMAC) under the Markets and Economics Research Centre...

APRA researcher questions Malawi’s approach on poverty reduction

Nov 24, 2020

APRA researcher questions Malawi’s approach on poverty reduction Posted on November 16, 2020 by Toby Penrhys-Evans – News Following two widely-circulated media stories on a hard-hitting policy brief on agribusiness investment, and a report on how COVID-19 is...

Three things happening in SA agriculture today, 23 October 2020

Oct 26, 2020

Greetings Mzansi. Even though we have come to the end of our week we have not run out of resourceful webinars, meeting and events that could benefit you. First up we track an agri-economics webinar where a panel of professional agricultural economist will share...