Solaridad partners with EU to implement US $4m COVADEP in Liberia
Solidaridad West Africa has partnered with the European Union (EU) to facilitate the implementation of the US $4m Cocoa Value Chain Development Program (COVADEP)...
Malawi’s President Mutharika officially launches US $95m AGCOM project
President Peter Mutharika has officially launched the US $95m Agriculture Commercialization Project (AGCOM) project in Malawi. The funds, which were acquired as a loan...
GCB Bank invests US $66m in Ghana’s agricultural sector
GCB Bank has invested approximately US $66m in Ghana’s agricultural sector. Of the total amount, US $65m was channelled into the cocoa industry in...
Ethiopia and IFAD to increase access to financial services in rural areas threatened by...
A new US$305.7 million programme will help more than 13 million of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable farmers to increase and diversify their incomes, access financial...
Central Bank of Zimbabwe issues US $50m bond to finance upcoming agriculture season
The Central Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ) has issued a US $50m bond for purposes of financing the 2019/2020 agriculture season. According to the bank,...
Boosting Farm Productivity is the Key to Unlocking the Full Economic Value of Ethiopia’s...
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Ethiopia’s agricultural sector is the bedrock of the economy, employing more than 70% of the workforce, accounting for more...
Agricultural Value Chain Support Project (PAPFA) aims to contribute to poverty alleviation and to...
The Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) Dr Abdulhamid Alkhalifa has signed a US$20 million development loan to help...
The World Is Abundant – Success Is The Result of Cooperation Between Stakeholders
Last week we discussed how farmers could increase their profits by hundreds and even thousands of percentages in just 1 or 2 years, and...
Morocco and IFAD to invest in smallholder farmers’ climate change resilience
A new €82.6 million agricultural development project financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Morocco will help 11,200...
Farmers on the climate frontline – reducing inequalities with IFAD at COP25
Small-scale farmers in developing countries are already suffering from a changing climate they did not cause – with lower crop yields, reduced water availability,...