IFAD and EU provide support to Malian diaspora to boost investments in agricultural sector
Malian diaspora is keen to invest in the development of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs), especially to develop the agriculture sector, if they...
US$275 mln World Bank fund envelopes Zambia’s agriculture
The goodwill from cooperating partners for Zambia’s economic recovery programme looks sustainable to patch up economic ravages spurred by COVID 19 and the Ukraine-Russia...
African Development Bank Group Extends €63.6 Million Loan for Agro-Processing Project in Senegal
The Ministry of Industrial Development and Small and Medium Industries will implement the project in four regions in central Senegal
The Board of Directors of...
Uzbekistan and IFAD renew strategic partnership to address global challenges including food supply
Amid global threats including climate change, increasing food and input costs and rising poverty, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government...
Aviagen East Africa Celebrates Grand Opening of New Grand Parent Farms
Aviagen® celebrated the grand opening of its greenfield project, Aviagen East Africa Limited, on 2 September in Arusha, Tanzania. Aviagen East Africa Ltd is a...
AfDB launches scheme to improve livelihoods for youths in three African countries
The Creating Sustainable Youth MSMEs Through Urban Farming initiative will support young farmers in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda
The...
Calabar Economic City; Nigeria’s hope to a world class industrial manufacturing league
The Calabar Economic City (CEC) is being developed as a future world scale industrial manufacturing cluster. The City, covering some 350 hectares, will provide...
‘Sustain anti-Climate Change voices’ Africa implored
AFRICA needs a united voice during next month's COP27 conference to lobby and demand from developed nations in excess of US$100 billion financing to...
hiveonline expands AWAK outreach through Rabo Foundation and Swiss Capacity Building Fund
Our partnership with Association of Women in Agriculture in Kenya (AWAK) has received funding from the Rabo Foundation and the Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF) to...
IFAD President Alvaro Lario heads to Finance in Common Summit in Côte d’Ivoire
Investment in small-scale farmers, rural women and youth for sustainable food systems at centre of discussions
The President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development...