Rwanda’s US $100 irrigation scheme stalls
Rwanda’s US $100 irrigation scheme is set to face financing setback. In 2018, the country and the Export-Import Bank of India signed a loan...
US $58M set to finance climate resilience of smallholder farmers in Africa
US $58M has been set aside by Acumen to finance climate change adaptation for smallholder farmers in Africa. Funded by several international financial institutions,...
Ethiopia, Japan ink US $2.7M grant for food security
The governments of Ethiopia and Japan have signed a Grant Aid for Economic and Social Development Program /Provision of Rice amounting to US $2.7million...
Uganda petitions Kenya, Tanzania over dairy exports
The government of Uganda has petitioned Kenya and Tanzania over exportation of dairy products. The country’s Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, Mr...
Civil Society Organisations’ Ripple Effects
By: Refilwe Pico
2020’s COVID-19 hard lockdown exposed the reality of South Africa’s long-standing levels of inequality, deep poverty and food insecurity. And for...
ERG Africa’s Chawama community agricultural project set to ramp up food security in Haut-Katanga...
ERG Africa-led initiative empowers farmers from Kimfumpa and Kabumba
Communities near the Frontier mine in Haut-Katanga are currently reaping the benefits of a new agricultural...
How Should We Measure Farmers’ Economic Success?
"You will always focus on what you measure, so carefully consider what it is that you wish to measure.”
By: Dr. Nimrod Israely
When I look...
Nigerian firm receives US $5M UN credit to boost small-scale farmers
Private Sector Financing Programme (PSFP), a new financing programme launched by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has announced its first loan...
Agriculture stakeholders in Africa seeks collaboration to bridge production gap
Agriculture stakeholders in Africa are seeking the government to collaborate with the private sector to build resilient food systems to bridge the widening gap...
Morocco to receive US $178M support for new agricultural strategy
The Kingdom of Morocco is set to receive US $178milion from the French Development Agency (AFD) destined to support the country’s new agricultural strategy...