Tag Archives: Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)

Fisheries and aquaculture sector constitutes an essential source of economic activity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), surpassing livestock, accounting for 12% of agricultural GDP. The industry contributes to 40% of total animal protein intake in the country. Fish harvest from floating cages on Lake Kivu The annual average per capita fish consumption is about 5.9 kg – very ...

The demand for good quality parboiled rice is high in parts of Africa, from east to west, north to south. As at 2015, rice consumption in countries was estimated to be approximately 26 million (MT) of which 13 million MT (about one-third of what is traded on the world market) was imported to the continent. GEM parboiler technology in operation ...

Djam Wilfred Chiatoh is a fish farmer from the central region of Cameroon. He is also an animal production specialist but, after 12 years of poultry, pig and rabbit farming, coupled with a loss of over 2,000 pigs to African swine fever, he ventured into fish farming in 2016. Wilfred at one of the training sessions The first challenge he ...

Due to the popular misconceptions about agriculture, many young Africans have no interest in agribusiness ventures. Upon completing their academic pursuits, young graduates usually scuttle for jobs and in many cases, remain unemployed while waiting for the “golden opportunity”. Ayotomiwa Ogunsua at his poultry farm Whereas many who attempted agribusiness have run into loss due to inadequate training and mentorship, ...

Zinath Deen is a fish farmer from Vihiga County in Western Kenya. Zinath Deen on her fish farm She has been practicing fish farming since 2012 in her farm called Tigoi Fish Farm. What began as a hobby for her later transformed into full-fledged business. Over the years, Zinath has been struggling to produce fingerlings due to inadequate information and ...

 The Youth in Agribusiness Compact of Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) is leading the way in developing approaches aimed at stimulating youth-led agribusiness enterprises along agricultural commodity value chains. G1 Enterprises’ saled of birds from the Imo agribusiness park 2 One of its recent approaches is the food basket outreach. Through this mechanism, the compact links with its partner ...

Common bean is a major food and cash crop for more than 90% of smallholder farmers in Burundi. Beans provide 20% of required calories and 50% of proteins, and are an entry point to tackle food insecurity, poverty and malnutrition. Christella’s Ndayishimiye in one of her outlets The current average bean consumption is about 30 kg per person, per year. ...