Month: March 2026

Ethiopia Accelerates Farm Modernization with Multi-Billion-Birr Mechanization Push Ethiopia has stepped up its shift toward technology-driven agriculture by distributing farming machinery worth 2.32 billion Birr across all regional states and Dire Dawa. The package includes 63 tractors, 460 solar-powered irrigation units, and nearly 1,000 computers, aimed at improving both field…

Kenya Moves to Strengthen Coffee Industry with New Law Kenya has passed a new Coffee Act aimed at improving how the industry is managed and supported. The law creates the Coffee Board of Kenya to handle licensing, collect market data, and guide development across the sector. It also introduces a…

TAAT-III to Strengthen Climate-Resilient Farming in Ethiopia The African Development Bank Group and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture have launched the third phase of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation program, with Ethiopia among its key focus countries. Since 2018, TAAT has helped boost productivity by introducing climate-resilient technologies…