KubeKo assisting smallholder farmers in Cote d’Ivoire
One of the challenges farmers in Africa face is massive losses of produce since farmers in Africa frequently have to use primitive transportation methods...
More than 250,000 rural Brazilian families overcame poverty in 2016-2022 thanks to IFAD support
Projects funded by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) helped around 257,000 rural families to overcome poverty in Brazil from 2016 to...
USAID launches US$30m TradeBoost programme in Zambia
USAID administrator Samantha Power on Wednesday launched a US$30 million, called TradeBoost Zambia, which will advance the US government’s Prosper Africa and Feed the...
Production up, but the ‘cost’ variable weighs heavily
The value of Italian production of machinery for agriculture, green care and related components will grow to EUR 13.7 billion in 2021. The made-in-Italy...
Global sustainable tech company TOMRA announces strategy to double revenues in five years at...
TOMRA revealed plans to accelerate the path to a sustainable future and double its revenues in five years at its capital markets day on...
Mozambique getting agricultural support right: World Bank
After multiple consecutive shocks, including the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to the first recession in almost three decades, Mozambique economy has started to recover...
5 countries to benefit from Global Environment Facility US$18m: FAO
Five countries in Africa and Latin America will benefit from projects focusing on biodiversity and water security.
The regional project across Malawi, Mozambique, and Uganda...
IFAD inaugural bond issuance to Asian investor Dai-Ichi Frontier Life ramps up investments to...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has today issued its first-ever bond in Asia of US$50 million with the Dai-ichi Frontier Life Insurance...
Zambia gets US$5.3m for drought response
Representatives from the African Risk Capacity Group and the African Development Bank have presented a US$5.3 million cheque to the Zambian Government, to aid...
Africa and the Caribbean to Strengthen Cooperation Through their Regional Development Banks
Economic ties between Africa and the Caribbean took a strong upward turn this week as the regions’ premier financial institutions—the African Development Bank and the...