(Kaduna, Nigeria: September 13, 2023) Prof. Ishiyaku Mohammed, Executive Director of the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Zaria, has called on farmers to continue to trust scientists who work daily to improve agricultural productivity on the African continent. Prof. Mohammed gave the charge while addressing farmers at the Seeing-Is-Believing tour organized by the TELA Maize […]
Read More[Nairobi, Kenya; August 2023] A group of international and national researchers working on a biotech potato project are upbeat in developing and delivering potato varieties that are free from the destructive late blight disease in Kenya. The researchers are currently evaluating the prospects of four genetically modified biotech potato varieties through Confined Field Trials (CFTs) […]
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Introduction AATF is an international not-for-profit organization that is empowering smallholder farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with a wide choice of agricultural innovations that contribute to food and nutrition security to generate health and wealth for their families and communities. Established in 2003 as an African-led entity, AATF works with public and private partners across […]
Read More(Abuja: September 14, 2023) The umbrella body for all seed companies in Nigeria, SEEDAN is soliciting the support of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) to strengthen the seed sub-sector and place the issues of quality seeds as a priority for the government. The newly elected President of SEEDAN, Mr. Yusuf Kibiya who made the […]
Read More(Nigeria, Abuja: August 30, 2023): Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has said that inadequate integration of technologies in the agricultural sector in Africa has contributed to low yields and increased post-harvest losses. Dr. Jonathan said this during his official unveiling as AATF Goodwill Ambassador at a ceremony […]
Read MoreHis Excellency Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is the former President, the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He began his political career in 1999 when he was first elected Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State and was decorated with the Best Performing Deputy Governor Award by the Institute of Public Administrators of Nigeria in […]
Read MoreAgriculture plays a pivotal role in Kenya’s economic agenda, contributing significantly to employment, food security, and economic growth. It’s a key pillar in the government’s Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), which promises to unleash the potential of agricultural value chains to fuel prosperity and improve the living standards of Kenyans. Kenya’s Agricultural Sector Transformation and […]
Read More1.0 Background and Context 1.1 About the Task AATF is seeking the services of four (4) individual consultants to provide Rapporteur Services during the African Conference on Agricultural Technologies (ACAT) to be held on 31 October – 04 November 2023. 1.2 Brief Description of AATF AATF is a not-for-profit organisation with a mission of making […]
Read More(Farako-Ba: August 10, 2023) A cross-section of stakeholders comprising seed companies and farmer organisations in Burkina Faso have commended the prolific nature of the Pod Borer Resistant cowpea saying they can’t wait to have it on their fields. The group which included Dr. Traoré Doulaye from Tho and Gnire (former chief of Cotton programme at […]
Read More1.0 About AATF AATF is an international not-for-profit organization that is empowering smallholder farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa with a wide choice of agricultural innovations that contribute to food and nutrition security to generate health and wealth for their families and communities. Established in 2003 as an African-led entity, AATF works with public and private partners […]
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