Agro-Food Processing Project hits its stride in Togo : AfDB
The project is financed by the African Development Bank (47%), West African Development Bank (28%), the Government of Togo (17%) and the Seamaul Foundation...
Long-term rural development necessary to end cycle of ‘multicrisis’, UN agency to tell Paris...
As world leaders gather this week in Paris to leverage their collective power against crises threatening global stability, the president of the UN's lnternational...
Bayer Acquires German Biotech Start-up Targenomix
Bayer announced today the acquisition of German biotech start-up Targenomix. The spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology (MPI MPP) uses...
Farmers embrace smart insurance to guard against climate shocks
With the help of images taken via satellite and smartphones, ACRE Africa’s Picture Based Insurance (PBI) project is working to make smart insurance accessible...
Zambia embarks on input distribution
The onset of the rains in Zambia has prompted the Government to sustain the distribution of the farming inputs in the country in an...
2.5m acres under water after torrential floods hit West, Central Africa
Nearly 2.5 million acres of farmland in West and Central Africa are under water following unprecedented floods- posing a long-term threat to the region's...
Agroecology, best remedy for Africa’s food insecurity’ – CSOs
Climate Change campaigners in Zambia have drafted a policy favoring a shift to agroecology against the traditional industrial agriculture practices that heighten climate change...
‘Africa is being short-changed by climate finance’
Africa’s desperate search for durable and lasting adaptation and mitigation measures are drier than before because the continent is ‘being ‘short-changed by climate finance’,...
UN Project: HomeBiogas Will Turn Farm Waste Into Renewable Energy in Rwanda
HomeBiogas announces this achievement while participating in COP27, focusing on climate change solutions for AfricaHomeBiogas will be supplying biogas systems for the treatment of organic...
South Korea, Africa seek cooperation to boost sustainable agriculture
South Korean and African researchers and government officials met on Wednesday in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, Japan to discuss measures to boost sustainable development of...