IFAD partners with private sector to unleash financial inclusion in rural areas
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has developed two new public-private partnerships to enhance access to cheaper, faster and safer remittances, the...
Partnership to deliver technologies to farmers to feed Africa : Adesina
Africa’s push for food sovereignty and resilience depends on investments and partnerships, African Development Bank Group president Akinwumi Adesina said on Thursday at the...
AfDB, Government of Canada announce funding facility to grow agriculture small and medium enterprises
The African Development Bank Group and the Government of Canada have established a new special fund to support Africa’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
UK’s King Charles donates £390 000 to help farmers in Africa
King Charles is to give nearly £390 000 million to charities to help African farmers as part of the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund,...
Private sector contributions can enable land restitution beneficiaries to transform rural economies
Land Reform – The private sector can play a significant role in land reform efforts aimed at alleviating deepening levels of poverty among rural...
The Risks and Consequences of Smallholders’ “Excess Protection”
By: Dr. Nimrod Israely
"Poverty is limited by zero income, Prosperity by none.”
Some social and business systems work improperly because those who lead them care...
Researchers evaluate Gambia’s food systems
Researchers working on the FACE-Africa project have co-developed country-specific information and tools with Gambian food system stakeholders to evaluate possible strategies for adapting to...
IGNITE and Partners Discuss Applied Research Findings on Gender and Nutrition Integration in Agriculture
The IGNITE project (Impacting Gender & Nutrition through Innovative Technical Exchange in Agriculture) organized a Research Summit in Nairobi, January 23 through 25, to...
If Not Technology, What Is The Solution To Small-Hold Farmers’ Poverty and Hunger?
"Your life value equals your care and deeds for others.”
Dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, celebrated on Monday, 16 January 2023
We (people) are...
Actor Idris Elba tells world leaders that poor farmers need investment not handouts at...
At Davos today, actor Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba, both Goodwill Ambassadors for the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development...