UFS forms partnership with ZZ2, well-known South African farming and fresh produce company
The University of the Free State (UFS) has formed a partnership with ZZ2 – a well-known South African farming and fresh produce company. The...
UN agency IFAD reaches record level of support for world’s rural poor: 2021 annual...
Amid rising challenges posed by climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic shocks, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) doubled down...
IFC approves $35m to Nigeria’s Jubaili Agrotec for food security
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is offering a $35 million financing package to Jubaili Agrotec, a Nigeria-based agrochemicals manufacturer and distributor, to increase smallholder...
African Development Fund Approves $2 Million Grant to Boost Food Production : Sierra Leone.
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the , has approved a grant of $2 million to boost...
African Development Fund approves €63 million loan to boost food security : Cameroon
On 15 July 2022, the Board of Directors of the African Development Fund approved a loan of €62.99 million to Cameroon. The funding will...
Food Security in Togo: African Development Bank Group Grants $5 Million
On 15 July 2022, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved a $5.39-million budget support package for Togo to help...
Organization Making Poultry Farming Affordable in Africa
Poultry farming is a lucrative market in Africa due to the inability to maintain them. The feed for chickens has rapidly increased and the...
Ecological farming a boon for African farmers: new study
An international team of scientists has found that eco-friendly practices such as growing a range of crops, including legumes such as beans or pigeon...
Urgently required Fertilizers reach Tigrayan farmers
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) delivered the first batch of 262 tonnes of fertilizers to Tigray in collaboration with...
African Development Bank Group Board Approves More Than $1 Billion for Emergency Food Production...
Facility targets 20 million African smallholder farmers to end reliance on food imported from Russia and UkraineThe African Development Bank Group’s , Board of Directors...