Timely Funding, Response Critical as Ethiopia’s Agriculture Sector Recovers from Multiple Disasters
By :Ms. Fatouma Seid*,FAO Representative in EthiopiaAgriculture is a source of livelihood for over 80 percent of the population in Ethiopia. However, the sector has...
Tanzania scraps 42 coffee levies
The government of Tanzania has scrapped 42 out of 47 levies that were being charged from coffee growers in Kagera region as part of...
Egypt, Zambia probe bilateral cooperation in agricultural field
The governments of Egypt and Zambia have come together to promote agriculture cooperation. Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation El Sayed El Quseir discussed...
Morocco, Ivory Coast ink deal to boost agricultural competitiveness
A framework agreement relating to the development of a strategic partnership between the Ivorian government and the Office chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) has been...
Morocco to receive US $180M loan to support agriculture
Morocco is set to receive a grant of US $180M to boost agriculture. The loan which was approved by World Bank aims to enhance...
Bopinc and Village Capital launch the last in a series of landscaping studies on...
A new groundbreaking study from the O-Farms program, implemented by Bopinc and Village Capital and supported by the IKEA Foundation, shares key insights on...
African Development Bank Head Celebrates Food ‘Milestone for Africa’ at the Launch of First...
African Development Bank head Akinwumi A. Adesina joined President of the Republic of Mozambique Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, to launch the “milestone” Pemba-Lichinga Integrated Development Corridor...
QFFD and the Gates Foundation jointly pledged up to US$200 million toward agriculture
Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today, at the 2022 Doha Forum, a new strategic partnership called...
Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture raises Series B funding round for international growth
Kenyan startup Apollo Agriculture, a commercial farming platform that helps small-scale farmers maximise their profits, has raised a US $40 million Series B funding...
Higher cost outlook for agriculture as the SARB lifts interest rates for the second...
Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-Business
The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB’s) continued its monetary policy normalisation with a further hike...