ABOUT THE COMPACT Since its advent in Africa in early 2016, the Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda has become th...
Farm to folk: Engaging youth in bean growing in Uganda
Somewhere in Central Uganda, Wakiso District sits St Mary’s College Kisubi (SMACK) where teachers are doing amazing wo...
The Use of Business Platform Approach Boosts Access to High Iron Beans in Zimbabwe
The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) High Iron Bean (HIB) Project is implemented using the no...
Crop Residue Trader and Increase in Farmer’s Income and Investments
Crop Residues (CRs) from coarse cereals such as sorghum and pearl millet grown on the cropland as food and feed are imme...
Taking cassava to a new frontier
A new initiative by the African Development Bank (AfDB) is unleashing the potential and power of cassava across the Afri...
TAAT Wheat Compact Seed Sector Success Story: The Case of Sudan
Wheat is one of the most important agricultural commodities in Sudan for food security in terms of quantity and calories...
Rwandan youth find self-employment processing sweetpotato
After completing her secondary level of education, the 28-year old Dusabe Noeline did not get enough tuition to join uni...
TAAT: Driving Africa towards water-secure wheat production
BOOSTING WHEAT PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA TAAT-WEC demonstrates irrigation management technologies to boost wheat production ...
TAAT’s Approach to Combating Fall Armyworm offers hope to African Smallholders
While research on many management strategies/technologies are on-going, the TAAT Program’s approach to FAW management ...