Nestled in the lush hills above the northern shores of Lake Victoria, a new industry is emerging from its cocoon. Waiswa Aggrey Mubeerwa, its young manager, is waiting for it to mature so that he can start sending its products to distant markets. Waiswa was hired by the Seres Textile Company Limited to oversee its silk farming facility in Mukono, a district in Uganda about an hour's drive east of the capital, Kampala. Built in 2019, the company's huge warehouse stores a growing number of silkworms and cocoons. Waiswa is waiting for an extracting machine so that Uganda's silk-exporting business can...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of China and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Security (MoALFS) of The Gambia have officially signed a South-South Cooperation (SSC) project aimed at transforming the country’s rice and millet food systems.  The project, titled Sustainable Rice and Millet Food Systems Transformation in The Gambia Through South-South Cooperation with the People’s Republic of China, is funded by a USD 1.5 million contribution from the...

26/03/2025 Kisumu and Nairobi – Like many other tropical countries, Kenya faces fall armyworm infestations, with maize crops recording high levels of infestations during the growing season. The pest has enormous potential to further spread to other crops, threatening the livelihoods of vulnerable maize farmers and economic damage.

Keetmanshoop, Namibia – In a move to strengthen poultry farming in southern Namibia, more than 30 local farmers and agricultural officers gathered in Keetmanshoop for a hands-on training session focused on poultry production. The two-day workshop, held from 17–18 March 2025, forms part of the South-South Cooperation (SSC) programme jointly implemented by the governments of Namibia and China in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

14/03/2025 In the face of growing threats to food security, Ghana is stepping up its efforts to sustainably manage Fall Armyworm (FAW). Twenty-five (25) national plant protection and extension officers received hands-on training in advanced FAW monitoring, prediction modeling and sustainable pest control strategies, through the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Project.