Monthly Archives: Feb 2021

Fertilizer Trade Credit Guarantee Provisioning Project Sector: Agriculture and Agro-industry Financing Agreement reference: ML-0053 Project ID No.: G-ZI-A00-ZZZ-018 Country: Tanzania The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) has received financing from the African Development Bank toward the cost of the AFFM Grant to Enhance Importation and Distribution of Fertilizers in Tanzania project and intends to apply [...]

Unsuprisely businesses have not been the same since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many businesses have been affected and hub agro dealers are no exception. The effects of lockdown and the resultant restriction of movement by the government have been highly detrimental. Said Edgar Lutepo of Chikwendeni General Dealers, “Most farmers stopped patronizing our shops; [...]

Background The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership was awarded a grant by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) on March 15, 2018, to facilitate agricultural Input development, and conduct business and management training for Agrodealers under the project “Smallholder Inclusive Productivity & Market Access (SIPMA) for the maize-soybean value chain in selected districts [...]

Elias Tomás Sibanda is the first agrodealer selling better-quality seeds in the community of Chibabava district. Sibanda is the first merchant to devote himself solely to selling agricultural inputs. He says that after being contacted by AFAP under the Food Security Program through Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change (FAR), he became a respected person among [...]