Navigating climate change: helping Malagasy farmers safeguard their livelihoods
By Marcelle Ayo, IFC Country Manager for Madagascar
Because of its geographical location and climatic conditions, Madagascar is especially vulnerable to extreme weather events and...
La Niña heavy rains could result limited corn harvest in SA
The increasingly wet conditions in South Africa’s corn-growing regions, brought on by a third consecutive year of La Niña, raise the risk of a...
A unique event on intelligent soil and land use management
Innovate, Integrate, Improve: SINO-EU soil observatory
Following a 42month journey, the SIEUSOIL H2020 project is coming to its end. SIEUSOIL has managed to design...
Norsad Capital channels US $10M credit facility for agriculture
Norsad Capital, Botswana-headquartered investment firm, has channeled a US$10 million medium-term credit facility to support Central Africa Building Society (CABS) Zimbabwe’s growth strategy which...
CESCO opens a new logistics and assembly center in southern Germany.
On November 9, the first truck unloaded its shipment at the new CESCO EPC facility in Germany. On a total area of 1,000 m2,...
What’s at the root of Cape Town’s Mushroom Plant-Based Retail Sector
With the plant-based global meat market estimated to reach R404 billion by 2030, retailers are increasingly looking to meet the needs of this ever-increasing,...
Zimbabwe draws 10-year strategy for tilapia farming
A 10-year strategy has been finalized by Stakeholders and food security experts from across Zimbabwe for tilapia farming.
The strategy aims to boost the country’s...
‘US$230 mln pledged in Climate Change adaptation’
The COP 27 may have closed two-days later than scheduled but anti-climate change vulnerable states will access an average US$230 million in adaptation by...
Agri Resources Group, UNDP, ADD-OI to develop a sustainable vanilla supply chain in Madagascar...
Agri Resources (Mauritius), ADD-OI, and the United Nations Development Programmes have partnered to develop a sustainable vanilla supply chain.
An MoU was inked between the...
Seychelles, ISA partner for solar-powered cold storage project
The government of Seychelles has announced a partnership with International Solar Alliance (ISA) for development of a solar-powered cold storage.
Minister of Agriculture, Climate Change...