• Guinea

    January 16, 2020
    Driving with our host and national consultant, Mr Ibrahima Diallo, from the capital city of Conakry to the agricultural research…
  • Angola

    January 16, 2020
    Angolan agriculture can perhaps best be described as a sleeping giant.  Prior the outbreak of civil war in 1975, Angola…
  • Eritrea

    January 16, 2020
    Scanning the countryside from 30,000 feet on the flight from Addis Ababa to Asmara toward the end of the growing…
  • Côte d’Ivoire

    January 15, 2020
    With all of its natural advantages in the area of agriculture (central location in West Africa, strong research capacity, long…
  • Chad

    October 15, 2019
    One key to our learning so much in Chad was first connecting with Dr. Diego Boilengar.  Dr. Boilengar is a…
  • Niger

    October 14, 2019
    I was introduced to the Ministry of Agriculture of Niger by my great friend and longtime colleague, Dr. Issoufou Kapran. …
  • Benin

    October 11, 2019
    Arriving in Benin’s capital of Cotonou on a Sunday, I didn’t really know what to expect.  Like many international agronomists…
  • Togo

    September 30, 2019
    The most interesting thing about my week in Togo was that about an hour after landing in Lome, I was…
  • Q&A: The Private Sector’s Role In Getting Improved Seeds To Farmers

    September 19, 2019
    By Sara Jerving  ACCRA, Ghana — Across the African continent, national agricultural research systems are developing seed varieties more durable to withstand…
  • Improved Seeds For Farmers To Generate 25 Million Metric Tonnes Of Food

    September 9, 2019
    Source: ghananewsagency.orgA Nairobi-based Seed Systems Group (SSG) on Thursday launched a new report titled: “Improved Seeds, Improved Lives,” which highlighted the…