2011
January
31 January 2011
Zambia turns on the media
As the RIU report in September 2010 showed, RIU Zambia had been working to improve the lot of farmers in Chinsali and around the Chambeshi flood plains. In particular they were supporting efforts aimed at finding viable alternatives to commercial charcoal burning and the chitemene (slash and burn) system of farming, both of which are very destructive.
31 January 2011
Rice programme moves ahead in Zambia with Ministry taking over secretariat
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MACO) in Chinsali District has taken over the secretariat of the Rice Value Chain Stakeholders' Forum.
27 January 2011
Chickens save trees in Tanzania
RIU Tanzania has been working for the past two years to develop the value chain for an indigenous poultry enterprise. After trying several different models they have settled on KuKuDeal, a contract farming model, as the scalable way ahead (kuku is Swahili for chicken).
27 January 2011
Tanzania chickens take to the air
RIU Tanzania has been using television and radio to promote its new contract farming model, the 'KuKuDeal'.
27 January 2011
Study suggests up to 3 million young Kenyans read Shujaaz
Recently completed audience research suggests that 1.1 million 18-35 year olds in Kenya read the ShujaazFM comic, but the total readership is likely to be much higher.
19 January 2011
First bio-pesticides move closer to market in Ghana
Ghana is on the verge of having biological control agents commercially available in the country for the first time.
13 January 2011
40% of warrantage pilot participants are women
Latest figures from the RIU Rwanda-backed warrantage pilot show that just under 40% of the farmers who took part in the 2010 pilot were women.
12 January 2011
Aqua Shops move towards official launch in early February
The first six RIU-supported Aqua Shops, being established in western Kenya by FARM-Africa, will be officially launched in early February.
10 January 2011
30,000 farmers primed for Gro-Plus trial
In September 2010 RIU reported on the Gro-Plus trials being undertaken by the Real IPM Company. On 20 December this RIU-supported project registered its 30,000th participant for the seed priming trials in Nyanza Province of West Kenya.
4 January 2011
Armyworm outbreak in southern Tanzania
Over 300 hectares of maize, sorghum and other crops have been destroyed by armyworm in Masasi District, Mtwara Region of southern Tanzania, near the Mozambique border, according to a report in The Citizen newspaper on 3 January 2011.
January
31 January 2011
Zambia turns on the media
As the RIU report in September 2010 showed, RIU Zambia had been working to improve the lot of farmers in Chinsali and around the Chambeshi flood plains. In particular they were supporting efforts aimed at finding viable alternatives to commercial charcoal burning and the chitemene (slash and burn) system of farming, both of which are very destructive.
31 January 2011
Rice programme moves ahead in Zambia with Ministry taking over secretariat
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MACO) in Chinsali District has taken over the secretariat of the Rice Value Chain Stakeholders' Forum.
27 January 2011
Chickens save trees in Tanzania
RIU Tanzania has been working for the past two years to develop the value chain for an indigenous poultry enterprise. After trying several different models they have settled on KuKuDeal, a contract farming model, as the scalable way ahead (kuku is Swahili for chicken).
27 January 2011
Tanzania chickens take to the air
RIU Tanzania has been using television and radio to promote its new contract farming model, the 'KuKuDeal'.
27 January 2011
Study suggests up to 3 million young Kenyans read Shujaaz
Recently completed audience research suggests that 1.1 million 18-35 year olds in Kenya read the ShujaazFM comic, but the total readership is likely to be much higher.
19 January 2011
First bio-pesticides move closer to market in Ghana
Ghana is on the verge of having biological control agents commercially available in the country for the first time.
13 January 2011
40% of warrantage pilot participants are women
Latest figures from the RIU Rwanda-backed warrantage pilot show that just under 40% of the farmers who took part in the 2010 pilot were women.
12 January 2011
Aqua Shops move towards official launch in early February
The first six RIU-supported Aqua Shops, being established in western Kenya by FARM-Africa, will be officially launched in early February.
10 January 2011
30,000 farmers primed for Gro-Plus trial
In September 2010 RIU reported on the Gro-Plus trials being undertaken by the Real IPM Company. On 20 December this RIU-supported project registered its 30,000th participant for the seed priming trials in Nyanza Province of West Kenya.
4 January 2011
Armyworm outbreak in southern Tanzania
Over 300 hectares of maize, sorghum and other crops have been destroyed by armyworm in Masasi District, Mtwara Region of southern Tanzania, near the Mozambique border, according to a report in The Citizen newspaper on 3 January 2011.
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