Sub Saharan Africa and Asia rice sector players seek innovative ways of boosting local...
Africa has become a major consumer of rice with an estimated annual import cost of over 5 billion USD. Between 2010 and...
African countries commit to double agricultural productivity as development banks, institutions pledge US$17 billion...
Akinde Lorluuma, a rice farmer in Nigeria, is delighted by electronic payments via Mobile Banking at the point of purchase |...
African Development Bank, IFAD and partners redouble efforts to stop hunger in Africa and...
Madagascar Cabbage Farmer, IMAGE : IFADThe African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development...
AgDevCo Announces USD 3.0m Follow-On Investment Into East Africa Poultry Company, Uzima Chicken Ltd
AgDevCo is pleased to announce a USD 3.0 million follow-on mezzanine debt investment into Uzima Chicken Limited, a poultry company operating in Rwanda and Uganda.
BUA Group invests over US $300m in LASUCO towards Nigeria’s self-sufficiency in sugar
BUA Group has invested over US $300m in its Lafiagi Sugar Company (LASUCO). The investment is geared towards achieving Nigeria’s seolf-sufficiency in...
Family Bank to disburse approximately US $5m for agribusiness across 17 counties in Kenya
Family Bank has committed to disburse loans worth approximately US $5m to agribusinesses across selected 17 counties in Kenya over the next...
Technology and simplified data on the weather and management of production processes for agribusiness...
The use of technology and simplified data on weather and management of production processes have been proven to be the key to...
Agricultural company increases tomato production by 14% thanks to technology investment
The company reaches 14% production increase despite the challenges of the current situation .The difficulties and new actual...
Standard Bank’s OneFarm Share platform provides over 1 million meals for food relief, targets...
Standard Bank’s OneFarm Share initiative in South Africa, which matches requests for food relief to suppliers with good quality excess fresh produce,...
Community seed bank, indigenous foods tackle malnutrition, increase income in Kenya
Elizabeth Omusiele shows the diverse seeds she is growing on her farm with support from the Alliance and partners, including funders...