Sub-Saharan Africa

AFDB intensifies technologies transfer to reduce poverty,

By Wolé Osilaja / November 18, 2019 / Comments Off on AFDB intensifies technologies transfer to reduce poverty,

Copied from FoodFarmers News African Development Bank (AfDB) led by Nigerian Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has reiterated its readiness to intensify the use of improved technologies in the shelves of research institutes in the African continent by farmers, saying this would reduce poverty rate with Pro vitamin A cassava variety already being introduced to Benin republic…

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Food Processing -Size reduction machines and choices for Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan countries.

By Wolé Osilaja / November 4, 2019 / Comments Off on Food Processing -Size reduction machines and choices for Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan countries.

Food processing is a significant driver of any local economy, creating supplier linkages for millions of small-scale farmers. Yet Food processing in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries are virtually untapped. As population and urbanization rates rapidly increase across the region while hundreds of millions of people continue to face food insecurity, the demand for…

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