Pulse he wants $5 billion for specialty crop growers and additional money for forestry in a farm aid package that could exceed $15 billion.

Additional farm aid wasn't included in a government funding package but farm groups are continuing to push for additional assistance, including $5 billion specifically for specialty crops. Rep. Josh ...

The history of financing for African agriculture has gone through a series of false dawns. State-led credit in the years after independence gave way to market reforms and microfinance in the 1980s.