Impact Stories
CTA has a unique role as an organisation that promotes and facilitates cross-ACP learning, and this was one of the main aims of the Caribbean Pacific Agri-Food Forum Juan Cheaz
Strengthening resilience, greening the desert
An African alliance to combat desertification is improving food security, through tree planting and farmer-managed natural regeneration. Across Africa, the threats of desertification and land degradation are always present, especially in the Sahel and the southern edge of the Sahara. Poverty and hunger are a constant prospect. In response, farmers and communities in dryland areas are developing ways to sustainably manage.
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Building better markets to increase farmers’ resilience
Dairy farmers in Eastern Africa are growing their income, thanks to a program that helps develop skills, strengthens links to markets, and improves access to financial services. Productivity and incomes have increased; monthly milk intake at the dairy enterprises increased from 529,000 litres to 8 million litres between 2008 and 2013. Milk aggregation at the dairy enterprises has empowered farmers to negotiate for better prices.
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Blog articles
Input loans boost farmer take-up rates for satellite-based advisory service
An alliance between CTA and the Rabobank Foundation, the foundation of a large Dutch food and agriculture bank, is helping to extend credit to small-scale producers in Uganda. The partnership is driving adoption rates of an innovative ICT4Ag scheme pioneered by CTA, steering it towards its goal of financial sustainability in the process.
Read MoreBoosting pineapple cultivation in Cameroon
Mukete Estates Limited, an agri-food company in Cameroon, produces a range of products from cocoa to rubber, and more recently, with the help of an agricultural support programme, pineapples.
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Pepper certification secures farmer incomes in Cameroon
A geographical indication label for a unique variety of pepper in Cameroon is improving the incomes of local farmers and ensuring the long-term future of the product. Recognition of the pepper’s quality and economic importance means it is one of only three African commodities with such a label.
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A smart farming approach to agriculture
Precision agriculture promises better returns to investment and improved livelihoods for farmers around the world. One of the biggest changes in agriculture in our lifetimes, it is spreading to developing countries, where smart farming technologies, including data collected from satellites and drones, are set to fine tune the way farmers grow their crops.
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AFDB approves $280m to support Nigerian youths in agriculture
The President of the African Development Bank (AFDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says the $280 million approved by the bank would be used to encourage Nigerian youths to go into agro-business. Adesina, represented by Dr Chiji Ojukwu, a Director in AFDB, stated this on Tuesday in Ibadan at the African Youth Agripreneurs (AYA) Forum organised by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan.
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News
Climate Change and Conflict in Chad - Using P3DM to secure peace
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, with support from CTA, facilitates participatory three-dimensional modelling (P3DM) events to help settle disputes over land and resource ownership between the local and indigenous communities in the district of Baïbokoum, Chad.
Read MoreEuropean Development Days 2017: Inclusive trade in Africa
Supporting the realisation of Simplified Trade Regimes (STRs) is part of CTA’s activities in trade facilitation. To further this and other conversations, CTA is co-organising four events during this year’s European Development Days in Brussels. Promoting inclusive trade in Africa: Boosting cross border trade through simplified trade regimes [1] will take place on 7 June as part of the Sustainable Investment theme.
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From farm to TV: watch the stories of 14 African women entrepreneurs
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, CTA is pleased to showcase the work of young women involved in agribusiness. The stories narrated in these videos have been identified and elaborated by our partner Agribusiness TV. Happy International Women Day to all women involved in agriculture in ACP countries!
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Sowing innovation, harvesting prosperity: CTA's Strategic Plan 2016-2020
The world does not stand still, and neither does CTA. CTA's Strategic Plan 2016-2020 is a way-station on a road of continuous change that has seen CTA become a results-based organisation closely aligned with the priorities of the ACP countries it serves.
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Final recommendations and procedure for the finalisation of the road map
The Regional Forum on Cassava in Central Africa – Challenges and opportunities for smallholders ended on Friday 9 December 2016. Here are the Forum’s final recommendations as well as the description of the finalisation procedure for a road map.
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Communiqués
10,000 smallholders to benefit in new Central African cassava project
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA), together with the Regional Platform for Central African Producers Organisations (PROPAC) and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has launched this week in Kinshasa a new project to unlock the economic potential in cassava value chains in both DRC and Cameroon.
Read MoreCashing in on cassava - a strategic crop for Central Africa
Of all the crops grown in Central Africa, cassava has the strongest potential to increase food security, generate greater benefits for farmers from value addition and foster regional trade. A Regional Forum on Cassava in Central Africa - Challenges and opportunities for smallholders will examine how to develop a regional value chain that can tap into these opportunities, creating jobs and income for a large number of people.
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Opening Statement by Michael Hailu, Director of CTA
Opening statement delivered by Michael Hailu, Director of CTA, at the Blending4Ag conference, on Monday 7 November. The Blending4Ag conference is taking place in Brussels and is focusing on the strategic use of international and national development finance and philanthropic funds to mobilise private capital flows into agricultural value chains in developing countries.
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Opinion articles
Will young people be attracted to the agricultural sector if access to finance is made possible?
Will young people be attracted to the agricultural sector if access to finance is made possible? Will they be willing to involve themselves in agriculture? According to Mike Njau, the answer is yes.
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Farmers need to organise
For Theo de Jager, president of the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization, mechanising agriculture in Africa calls for farmers, especially women, to join together and organise in cooperatives, to be able to access modern equipment.
Read MoreFarms could become the offices of the future
Interview with Michael Oluwagbemi, co-founder and executive partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners and operator of the Wennovation Hub based in Lagos, Nigeria.
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A voice for women farmers
A farmer herself, Elisabeth Atangana is passionate about the need for effective associations to give a voice to producers and the importance of acknowledging women’s contribution to agriculture. She has been instrumental in shaping the farmers’ movement in her native Cameroon, as well as at regional and continental levels.
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Reviews
CTA Handbook: An ICT Agripreneurship Guide
This Handbook provides a step-by-step roadmap designed to equip aspiring ICT entrepreneurs, with the information and knowledge they need to start an ICT-based business in the agricultural sector, outlining key opportunities and challenges that will be encountered along the way. Using real-life examples, it provides strategies and pathways for averting common mistakes faced by early-stage entrepreneurs.
Read MoreNew directions for targeted outcomes
While reflecting on its 30-year history during its anniversary year in 2014, CTA was also busy making plans for the future. CTA's goal is to contribute to enhanced agricultural and rural development policies and inclusive value chains that promote food and nutrition security, prosperity and sustainable management of natural resources across Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP).
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Syndicated articles
What fascinated me most were the training sessions that equipped farmers with farming and entrepreneurship skills to help them reap the maximum benefits.Gilbert Nakweya
How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa
Executive Summary The world population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050. For Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion of these global citizens, farm productivity must accelerate at a faster rate than the global average to avoid continued mass hunger. Fortunately, digital technology is providing a solution.
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G 20 Initiative on Zero Hunger : German Minister Launches 'Berlin Charter" with Yunus
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus joined German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Dr. Gerd Müller, in launching the "Berlin Charter" on "One World No Hunger : Future of the Rural World" at the conclusion of a conference held in Berlin on April 28-29.
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Going for the prize: young farmers demonstrate their preparedness for the world of agribusiness
The inaugural African Youth Agripreneur Forum (AYAF) supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to demonstrate the success of agribusinesses in job and wealth creation in Africa is about to break a new dawn for innovative young people who are ready to change the way agricultural enterprises are run in Africa.
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How to Help Africa Feed Itself
Peter Sotamaruti's 2-acre farm near Bungoma, a village in western Kenya, is minuscule by the standards of the developed world. But it's double the acreage he tended five years ago. Sales of surplus corn have allowed the 49-year-old farmer and his family to trade up from a mud hut to a three-room brick house with solar-powered lights.
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Background articles
Boosting cross-border trade through simplified trade regimes
One of the many challenges that Africa faces in expanding its own regional trade is the application of poor trade facilitation measures, including uncoordinated border management practices. These, unfortunately, contribute to Africa’s low intra-trade levels and cross-border trade.
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