The ‘need for seed’ improves agricultural yield, but requires more than just improved technologies To ensure food security, farmers must have access to quality seed, in adequate quantities. The government of Ethiopia acknowledges this, and has responded by investing in improving the seed sector. However, as this example shows, not all challenges can be overcome
Sowing the seeds of an organic and nutritious future “We have changed already since CDAIS started working with us” said Mrs Khammone Luanglath. “Because of the project, we have for example divided our responsibilities within the group and our profits have increased.” The CDAIS project is working with a group of organic vegetable growers in
Women and others involved in the food processing industry met in Bobo Dioulasso on Friday 8 December. There were some 20 people at the meeting, held in the town’s cultural centre. This workshop was for the women-led family food processing microentreprises innovation niche partnership, led by CDAIS facilitator Raymond Kiogo, and Adama Traoré from the
Last Tuesday, 28 November 2017, the Angolan CDAIS ‘marketplace’ was held in Luanda, with the aim of forging new agricultural innovation partnerships. Amongst the more than 50 participants, the event was honoured to have been attended by Carlos Alberto Pinto, Secretary of State for Agriculture, Mamadou Diallo, FAO Representative in Angola, and Danilo Barbero, Delegate