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...
Teff cluster farming Palls utilized farm
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,...
Technology and Innovation Will Help Speed Up Removal of Land Sector Corruption in Africa
African countries must act faster to purge corruption in the land sector by harnessing technology and innovation, African Development Bank (AfDB.org) Senior Vice President Charles...
South African animal welfare worker wins top international award
Network for Animals (NFA) chief campaigner David Barritt with 2019 award recipient Shaygam Newman.
For a second consecutive year, a South African has won the...
Sierra Leone and IFAD to strengthen partnerships, agricultural value chains and rural finance
The Independent Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Sierra Leone are holding a half-day workshop...