Financial institutions in the FACASI project countries face opportunities as well as challenges in providing financial services to small scale farmers and rural entrepreneurs. The results of the economic analyses suggest ...

Tanzania has a total population of 50.7 million. As per the African Economic Outlook despite high economic growth averaging 7% over the past decade, about 28.2% of Tanzanians are poor, and poverty remains more prevalent ...

The technology of food and crop production has undergone increasingly rapid change in recent decades. In the industrialized countries, technology based on mechanical power and other advanced inputs has progressively made ...

Agriculture in Zimbabwe provides employment and income for 60-70 percent of the population, supplies 60 percent of the raw materials required by the industrial sector and contributes 40 percent of total export earnings. ...

The agricultural mechanization in Zimbabwe has evolved over time especially amongst the smallholder farmers. The land reform has played a role in the machinery needs of the farmers. The land system used to be dualistic in ...

Financial services are a critical enabler for sustainable economic growth and therefore poverty reduction and food security in Ethiopia in general and in the agricultural sector in particular. Credit is used for investments ...