Development banks fund livestock farms to the tune of US $2.6Bn
Livestock farms around the world are set
to receive US $2.6Bn in funding from the International Finance Corporation
(IFC) and the European Bank for...
IFAD invests €77.7 million in Niger for food and nutrition security and climate change...
The
International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD)
today announced a new project that will boost support for about 210,000 poor
rural...
Resilience in the time of COVID
Many companies are struggling to cope with the pandemic
that has caused deaths of well over 400,000 people globally. In Kenya it is...
Ghana Cocoa Board, African Development Bank and financial partners celebrate first $200 million disbursement...
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and lenders
have welcomed the first disbursement of $200 million of a syndicated loan
facility to boost cocoa productivity in...
Canada is first to commit funds to IFAD facility created to help avert food...
Canada
announced today that it will be the first country to pledge funds to a new
facility set up by the UN’s International
Fund for...
IFAD supports projects that increase agricultural productivity and incomes in Madagascar
Rural
development projects financed and supported by the International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD) have helped to reduce rural poverty and
increase rural entrepreneurship in...
Njala University Sierra Leone signs US $191m MoU with AVDP for oil palm project
Njala University Sierra
Leone has signed a US $ 191m Memorandum of Understanding with the Agriculture
Value Chain Development Project (AVDP) to implement an...
Kenyan government launchers potato seed multiplication program to address shortages
The government of Kenya has launched a potato seed multiplication program in six counties to address seed shortages that occur perennially. The...
Canna-Q seeks international partnerships
Canna-Q headquartersCanna-Q, a transformative Lesotho-based medicinal cannabis project is seeking strategic partners in Europe and...
Retool annual budgets toward agriculture production and expand food reserves, as COVID-19 exacerbates food...
African countries need to urgently expand food reserves, keep food supply flowing and boost their agriculture budgets to avert a possible hunger...