Rwanda to receive US $300M to commercialize, de-risk agriculture
Rwanda is set to receive a sum of US$300 million to help the government increase irrigation, commercialization, and access to finance and insurance for...
Livestock farmers in Kenya to benefit from Sh 100m financing
Livestock farmers living in Kenya's Arid and Semi-arid lands are set to benefit from a Sh 100m financing from KCB Foundation to aid in...
FAO calls for Import Financing Facility for poorer nations
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for a global Food Import Financing Facility (FIFF) to help poorer countries...
ITFC Provides €35 Million in Financing to Support Energy and Food Security in Comoros
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) , approved two new financing facilities for EUR 35 million in favor of the Union of Comoros,...
MoLAFWRD Zim to launch the MLAFWRD-AFC potato value chain financing facility
By Wallace MawireZimbabwe’s Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Dr John Basera will officially launch the Potato...
IFAD fights rural poverty by addressing climate change effects in Mexico’s Balsas Basin
UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Mexico have signed a financial agreement today that will support the implementation of...
IFAD provides economic opportunities to smallholder farmers’ and artisanal fishermen’s livelihoods in Haiti
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Haiti signed a financing agreement today for the implementation of the Inclusive...
Tanzania outlines policy changes to transform agriculture
The government of Tanzania has outlined its agricultural transformation agenda, detailing its desire to see commercial banks’ lending rate to the sector – which...
Agriculture experts in Nigeria call for funding of research institutes, enabling environment
Stakeholders in the agricultural sector in Nigeria has called on the federal government to support research institutes in the country by funding them adequately...
Kenya allocates Sh 46.8bn to food and nutrition
The government of Kenya has allocated Sh 46.8billion to food and nutrition in the budget. National Treasury CS Ukur Yatani proposed the allocation and...