Women’s farming group in Sudan breaks new ground with sorghum seeds

A women’s farming group in South Darfur is eyeing business opportunities with a nutritious cash crop. Life for subsistence women farmers in Sudan’s Darfur region can be tough, with such problems as drought, insecurity and the lack of decent-quality sorghum seeds, according to community leader Fathia Mohamed Ahmed. Thanks to an African Development Bank scheme to equip poor farmers with modern, improved seeds, Ahmed’s group of some two dozen women now face a brighter future and opportunities to expand their operations. […] Read More