COP27: Kenya’s and Tanzania’s School Environmental Clubs Provide Real Benefits to Students and...
Linking climate change resilience to economic and social development has the most potential for generational change, particularly in low-income countries. Deriving concrete benefits from...
Small-scale farmers are vital to feeding West and Central Africa and transforming food systems
Amid increasing global hunger and poverty, devastating climate change impacts, the Covid-19 pandemic and the widespread effects of the war in Ukraine, small-scale producers...
European Investment Bank confirms EUR 500 million loan to IFAD to invest in global food security
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed their first financial agreement today. The EIB will...
Ten countries commit to sustainable commodities in Africa
Ten African countries have committed to sustainable commodities in Africa. Ministers fromEdo State (Nigeria), Sierra Leone, Central African Republic,Cameroon,Democratic Republic of Congo,Republic of Congo,...
Community-driven decentralization and reconciliation in Palestine
By Yossef Ben-Meir Marrakech, MoroccoA decentralized governance administration, whose procedures and functioning are defined from implementing a wide range of local development projects across...
Paolo De Castro at Eima in Bologna: “technology in agriculture is the weapon to...
"Technological innovations, with the application of Smart and Precision Farming, confirm their place as necessary tools that can no longer be postponed for farmers...
MEPs at EIMA: a policy for specialised crops
A delegation of 10 parliamentarians visited the agricultural machinery exhibition. A conference, a guided tour and a round table were the programme of an...
Still too many work-related accidents in the agricultural sector
Every year in Italy, 100 to 150 fatal accidents occur in the fields, in the EU 500. And the numbers are underestimated. New-generation machines...
Cassava disease haunts Zambia
Thousands of Zambians in Luapula province in northern Zambia are threatened with hunger after a brown streak and another mysterious disease hit more than...
Minister Lollobrigida: increase productivity with machines, not GMOs
During a meeting held as part of EIMA 2022, the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry said he was in favour of an...