Mozambique becomes first country to receive emission reductions payments
Mozambique has become the first country to receive payments from a World Bank trust fund for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation known...
Bayer fuels leading market positions in Crop Science through delivery of unmatched innovation
Bayer has announced continued progress in delivering customer-focused, sustainable agricultural innovation in an update with investors. The company’s success in translating research and development...
Ahead of global climate talks, public development banks join forces to boost investments in...
Responding to an urgent call to increase financing for the world’s poorest farmers who are hardest hit by climate change, a group of Public...
Tunisia receives €6.2M for olive-oil production
Tunisia has received a TND 20 million (€6.2 million) loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to support olive-oil production in...
Rwanda to double lending to agriculture sector
Rwanda has announced plans to double agriculture sector lending from the current 5.2% of the total share of loans from financial institutions to 10.4%...
Zimbabwe commemorates World Food Day
The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development in Zimbabwe, and the United Nations led by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World...
Nigeria, FAO ink U.S $350,000 pact irrigation funding
The government of Nigeria and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have inked a U.S $350,000 pact Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) to promote irrigation farming...
Invest in gender equality to reduce climate change impacts on world’s poorest, says...
We need a significant boost in investments to close the gender gap otherwise rural communities will never bounce back from the impacts of climate...
Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Security Week to launch in November
The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) announced the launch of the first edition of the "Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Security...
Nigeria seeks partnership with France to boost agriculture
Nigeria is seeking a partnership with the French Government to boost the country’s agriculture sector. This was the outcome of discussions that Governor Okezie...