For Africa to help its people create wealth and end youth unemployment, many individuals and institutions believe investing in and modernizing agriculture holds the key. Starting with going into market-driven agriculture, precision farming is based on the demand of the various facets of market, according to Pierre Brunache, Chief Agri-Business Officer African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AFAP partners with the World Cocoa Foundation in a project to boost access and utilization of cocoa fertilizer in Ghana and Cameroon JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, August 4, 2017 - The World Cocoa Foundation has awarded a last mile contract to the African Fertilizer Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) to boost fertilizer access by smallholder farmers [...]
Three years ago, I was privileged to speak with more than 100 students at a local University in Ghana during a Youth Summit Day. The topic was about "Agribusiness Opportunities for African Youth ". I began to ask them about the difference between agriculture and agribusiness. Most of the answers were - sadly- related to rain-fed production mainly by [...]
