Getting More for Farmers from Post-Harvest to Market Key Messages Smallholder farmers in Africa are failing to take advantage of existing and emerging opportunities because of many market-related constraints that require urgent attention. Three interrelated solutions are required to ensure that smallholder farms in Africa become more commercialized and profitable: >> Increased uptake of improved … Read more
TERMS OF REFERENCE (TORS) FOR DEVELOPMENT OF DOCUMENTARY & MEDIA PLACEMENT ARTICLES ON APPLICATION OF EAC STAPLE FOOD STANDARDS The Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) seeks the support of a media expert to support in the production of a documentary on the application of the EAC staple foods standards which will be used by the various … Read more
Trainers of trainers (ToT) equipped with skills to facilitate competency curriculum to the grain stakeholder Twenty trainees drawn from Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya, Burundi and Rwanda were equipped with skills as trainers of trainers to facilitate capacity building and training mandate of Eastern Africa Grain Council. The three day, Trainers of Trainers workshop was held … Read more
In this issue: Regional Office EAGC Hosts yet Another success-ful Agribusiness Expo in Kabarak University, Kenya EAGC leads its members in a Two-day B2B meetings on pulses in Indore, India Regional Rice Value Chain Stakehold-ers meets to discuss unscrupulous trading practices (i) Grain Stakeholders meet in Dar es Salaam to discuss grain export ban in … Read more
Introduction On 29th August 2016, the Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) in collaboration with the DFID-funded FoodTrade East and Southern Africa project hosted the Regional Meeting of Rice Value Chain Stakeholders at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The main purpose of the meeting was to deliberate on the state … Read more