More Agribusiness Millionaires Emerge In West Africa
The last three years have seen two Guinean brothers’ fortunes change in substantial ways thank...
Mitigating Impact of COVID-19 on West African Seed Sector
Seed actors from 17 West African countries, including Chad and Mauritania, are meeting to examine th...
40.000 to Benefit from a European Union-funded Research Project
About 40.000 families from Burkina Faso, Niger, and Senegal will benefit from a new five-year plant ...
Blog: Adapting Agricultural Production to COVID-19 in West Africa?
Contributors: Hippolyte Affognon; Yacouba Diallo; Fidélia Bohissou; Abdulai Jalloh; David Akana Re...
Modernising Sweet Potato Breeding in West Africa
A series of five online meetings would be holding from May 27 to June 9, 2020, to discuss ways of mo...
New Dispensation for Agri R&D in Benin?
For those who have long labored with the thorny issue of how to sustainable fund agricultural resear...
ITRAD’s New Director Co-Opted to CORAF Governing Board
The new Director-General of the Chadian Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (ITRAD) h...
Blog: COVID-19 has Further Complicated Access to Quality Seeds; Experts Suggest Ways to Ease the Burden on Farmers
Contributors: Yacouba Diallo; Fidélia Bohissou; Hippolyte Affognon; Abdulai Jalloh; David Akana Th...
2020 Forecast Predicts a Shortage of Certified Seed
There is going be a shortfall of certified maize, sorghum, millet, cowpea, and groundnuts seeds in t...
“Burkina Faso Can Reduce Import of Rice,” Researcher
Rice is one of the primary staple food in the Sahel and across West Africa. Its sustainable producti...