President Museveni has commissioned the Shs71 billion Achomai Irrigation Scheme in Kamutur Sub-county, Bukedea District, urging farmers to embrace irrigation-based rice cultivation on dry land instead ...

For centuries, agriculture in Africa has remained largely unchanged . Across vast regions, farmers continue to depend on ...

The power of irrigation is on full display in this corner of southeastern Kenya, where an 8,000-hectare sugarcane plantation glimmers in an otherwise semi-arid landscape. Yields at the Kwale sugar ...

A new study finds that standalone solar photovoltaic irrigation systems have the potential to meet more than a third of the water needs for crops in small-scale farms across sub-Saharan Africa. In sub ...

The India-Africa Economic Corridor is envisioned as a new axis of prosperity that connects Asia, Africa, and the Middle East ...

The Director General of the General Authority for Irrigation and Earthworks, consulting engineer Al-Nour Suliman Al-Mahi, revealed that the authority suffered sabotage, looting, and destruction by the ...

Maize is Africa’s most widely grown crop, but its vulnerability to climate change is derailing the continent’s efforts to end hunger. Now, startups and NGOs are looking for new ways to future-proof ...

But care will need to be taken to ensure water is used widely and doesn't lead to shortages, experts say UKUNDA, Kenya, Oct 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The power of irrigation is on full display ...

In sub-Saharan Africa 80% of agricultural production is from smallholder farmers, who face constraints on increasing farm productivity resulting in a large yield gap. Extensive rain-fed agriculture ...