Research in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, set out in CABI Working Paper 38 by Dr Morris Akiri, finds commercial banks provide about 7% of formal farm credit; unrealistic interest rates, monthly repayments that ignore the harvest cycle and land-title collateral exclude women an
Formalised in Kigali on 4 September as the Africa Food Systems Forum closed, the partnerships target three traps named in AGRA's Impact, Learning and Foresight Report — productivity, value and capability — through farmer-centred transformation, a strengthened Knowledge Hub and investable pathways fo
Hilsa from Gujarat, Mumbai and Myanmar is allegedly being sold as Bangladeshi hilsa in West Bengal's markets, prompting raids by food safety officials.
Cleaning hilsa quickly, packing it airtight in portions and thawing it slowly in the fridge keeps its taste and quality for longer in the freezer.
The government has granted a conditional duty and tax waiver on green chilli and tomato imports for 60 days to steady supply and prices.
Robbers in Cumilla's Muradnagar took a pickup loaded with about Tk 9.5 lakh worth of hilsa and Tk 71,000 in cash, and no one has been arrested three days on.
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 133.3 points in August, up 1.9 percent on July, with sugar up 11.9 percent and wheat 15 percent above a year earlier.
Hilsa prices at Chandpur's Borostation fish landing have fallen by about Tk 200 a kg in a week, though supply is still short of demand.
A Tk 5 rise in bottled soybean oil has not ended the supply shortage in Dhaka's retail markets, where eggs and chicken remain expensive.
Commerce minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir said edible oil prices are set in line with the international market and domestic production and processing costs.
Under the Ministry of Land's new rules, inherited land that has not been divided will stay on one khatian carrying every heir's name jointly.
Forty-four percent of working youth depend on agrifood systems, yet access to land, finance and rural services still pushes young people away from farming, the FAO Director-General told a conference in Croatia.
A step-by-step recipe for tal patishapta, a soft palmyra palm crepe rolled around a coconut and date jaggery filling.
