PepsiCo launches fund to build South African sustainable food system
Food and beverage company PepsiCo has launched the Kgodiso Development Fund – a five-year, R600-million investment to help transform the food system in South...
African Development Bank Group approves $127 million package to open up eastern agricultural areas
On Wednesday in Abidjan, the African Development Bank Group approved funding of $127.8 million to Niger. The funds approved by the Board of Directors of...
EIF launches urban agriculture grant in Namibia
The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) has launched the urban agriculture grant e-voucher card issuance and terminal roll-out in Namiba.The urban agriculture programme,...
What to Expect at Major Global Biodiversity Negotiations in Geneva
After a two-year delay, negotiators from more than 190 countries will gather in Geneva for critical discussions around a global strategy to help stem...
Ghana earmarks US $105M to rehabilitate 3 dams to boost agriculture
The government of Ghana is to undertake a $105m rehabilitation project from next month on three irrigation schemes to boost agriculture production in the...
Kenya mulls tea fund to boost price stabilization
Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture is set to establish a tea fund to mobilize resources towards efficient and effective price stabilization in the sector.Peter Munya,...
World Bank Group’s Global Index Insurance Facility announces winners of the Africa AgTech &...
The Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF), a World Bank Group program, announced the three top winners of the Africa AgTech & Inclusive Insurance Challenge, a competition for technology-led enterprises in Africa to offer innovative...
IFAD and Govt. of Maharashtra boost commitment to empower 1 million rural women
Ahead of International Women’s Day, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Maharashtra in India agreed to invest an...
Poultry farmers affected by Bird Flu in Ghana to be compensated
The government of Ghana is set to compensate poultry farmers who lost their birds, due to the outbreak of the Avian Influenza H5N1, popularly...
IFAD-funds cooperative projects to increase coffee and cocoa production in eastern Cuba
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Cuba hosted an event today at the Hotel Nacional in Havana to...