One Man’s Dream Of Mechanizing Agriculture in Sierra Leone
Story by Bobby David Gboyor In May 2013, Africa Agribusiness Magazine’s (AAM) Washington-based journalist Bobby David Gboyor visited Sierra Leone and had the opportunity to tour the FINIC Industries...
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Interview with David Blumberg, CEO, Blumberg Grain – West Africa
By Dave Ramaswamy David Blumberg, CEO, Blumberg Grain -West Africa AAM: Please give an overview of your company? Operating History? How/when did you decide to enter the grain storage business?...
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Can Selling Drip Irrigation Supplies to Smallholders be Big Business?
By Deborah B. Hamilton Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation Most companies want to “do well by doing good,” and Jose Jaar, president and founder of DelCampo Soluciones Agricolas, proves this is...
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Goat Rearing in Zimbabwe: Preventing Disease, Building Livelihoods
Story and pictures by Jennifer Hyman, Director of Communications Land O’Lakes International Development Until recently, eking out a living was a huge struggle for Chiweshe Chirevo, who lives in the...
View ArticleInterview with Esin Mete President, International Fertilizer Association (IFA)
by Dave Ramaswamy, Africa Agribusiness Magazine Dave: What is IFA’s mandate? Please give an overview of your work in Africa. Esin: IFA is a trade association representing the global fertilizer industry...
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Interview with Carter Coleman, Founder & CEO of Kilombero Plantation Ltd. (KPL)
By Skye Lawrence Carter Coleman is the Founder and CEO of Kilombero Plantation Limited (KPL), Tanzania’s leading rice producer. The 5818 ha farm is located in the Kilombero Valley, 450 km from Dar es...
View ArticleZambia to Boost Maize Yields
By Nawa Mutumweno Zambia is among 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa expected to benefit from the newly launched Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa (STMA) project that will develop improved maize...
View ArticleYara Zambia Officially Launched
By Nawa Mutumweno Norwegian firm, Yara International has been officially launched in Zambia, taking over the operations of Greenbelt Fertilizers Limited at a cost of about $51 million. Whereas the...
View ArticleFocus on Ag for Economic Growth as Agribusiness Congress East Africa Comes to...
There is great excitement in the agricultural sector in Uganda as preparations are underway for the fourth Agribusiness Congress East Africa conference that is taking place in Kampala from 29-30...
View ArticleZambia Sugar to Reduce EU Exports
By Nawa Mutumweno Zambia Sugar Company is reducing its sugar exports into the European Union (EU) to the regional market in view of the sugar reforms in the bloc to be effected in September 2017. The...
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