African Development Fund approves UA100.4 million multi-country Covid-19 Response Support for Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique...
The Board of
Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday approved a UA100.4
million (about $138 million) crisis budget support package to...
COVID-19 LANDMARK – A WAKEUP CALL FOR GLOBAL BIOSECURITY AND THE AGRO-INDUSTRY
By: Dr. Nimrod Israely - Founder and CEO - Biofeed Ltd.
"what this pandemic has really done is it's...
Africa’s agriculture value chains must go digital to transform production
It explored digital responses that can be quickly deployed to address the disruptions to food systems, caused by COVID-19
Nampo Harvest Day 2020 goes digital
The NAMPO Harvest Day, which has been bringing agriculture together for almost six decades, has sadly for the first time had to...
Potato farmers in Kenya suffer losses
Potato farmers in Nakuru,
Kenya are counting losses following low prices of the commodity amid high
production costs. The output...
Siemens Gamesa donates vital supplies to support African communities through the COVID-19 crisis
Wind farm in Tarfaya, Morocco (Image Source: Siemens Gamesa )
The company has put in place several...
Quantum of Rs 3.7 M for 465 Arpents granted to tea farmers in Mauritius
Tea planters in the regions of Bois Cheri, Grand Bois and La Flora, Mauritius have been allocated a one-off allowance estimated to a total...
Canada is first to commit funds to IFAD facility created to help avert food...
Canada
announced today that it will be the first country to pledge funds to a new
facility set up by the UN’s International
Fund for...
USIU-Africa wins grant to document the impact of COVID-19 on food systems in Sub-Saharan...
The United States
International University-Africa has been selected as one of the ten recipients of an International Development Research Center (IDRC) COVID-19 rapid
response...
Mobile phones to help 1.7 million small-scale farmers increase production during COVID-19 economic slowdown
Some 1.7 million small-scale
farmers in Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan will soon receive personalized
agricultural advice through their mobile phones as a means to...