The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have committed their financial and technical resources to work in the Limpopo Province of South Africa to boost the province’s agricultural productivity through the implementation of the hub agro-dealer model in the province with plans to [...]
LOUIS TRICHARDT, South Africa, Jul 26 2016 (IPS) - Brightly coloured cans, bags of fertilizer and packets containing all types of seeds catch the eye upon entering Nancy Khorommbi’s agro dealer shop tucked at the corner of a roadside service station. But her seeds and fertilizers have not exactly been flying off the shelves since Khorommbi opened [...]
Phillip Tshuma is a happy farmer. Despite one of the worst droughts ever to hit his country, Zimbabwe, Mr. Tshuma’s maize and small grains harvests this year are 50% more than they were in 2015, thanks to micro-dosing, the targeted application of small quantities of fertilizer in a field. Using the micro-dosing method, farmers apply about [...]
A message from the CEO and President Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are an important cog in the agribusiness machine. Nurtured through public and private sector partnerships, SME’s help unlock economic value for farmers through agro dealerships. Under its flagship African Fertilizer Volunteers Program (AFVP), AFAP seeks to mobilize global expertise in support to the development of [...]
Developing Small and Medium Enterprises to support farmer livelihoods in Africa A message from the CEO and President The private sector is key to developing strong fertilizer value chains. A good example of its role is evidenced in the African Fertilizer Volunteers Program (AFVP), a collaborative initiative with the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA), now in [...]
Conglomerate, Export Trading Group (ETG) is expanding its business to better serve African farmers through its ‘one stop shop’ concept for fertilizers. ETG Head (Fertilizer) in Tanzania, Manoj Shewkani, says the Group has invested in world class bagging and logistic facilities to ensure a seamless service in the sourcing and distribution of fertilizers across Africa. During [...]
Smallholder farmers in Limpopo Province - South Africa’s bread basket - are paradoxically confronted with the continuous challenges of raising their productivity to boost food security owing to limited access and low use of fertilizers, a neglected but critical input which can double yields within a single cropping season. Fertilizers, in addition inputs such as [...]
The lives of thousands of smallholder farmers involved in the Agricultural Technologies Transfer Program of Regadio de Baixo Limpopo (RBL) EP (Low Limpopo Irrigation Scheme), a public company under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MASA) of Mozambique will never be the same. Thanks to the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP), which through a [...]
"A technological revolution is unfolding on smallholder farms across Central Malawi, thanks to the efforts of a Fertilizer Volunteer." Thirty recently trained extension workers, armed with agronomy degrees and android phones, are dipping into the soil, scooping up samples, locking up their GPSes and shooting their soil analyses straight into the cloud. [...]
The AFVP program facilitated the recruitment and deployment of a volunteer, Pieter Haumann to provide support in training trainers, mentors and farm extension personnel for the Productivity Improvement Project for Smallholders (PIPS) project in Central Malawi. A total of 40 personnel were trained in March 2016 which included managers and team leaders from Farmers World, a [...]
