Governments Urged to Stop Subsidising Harmful Factory Farms and Support Sustainable Farming
Governments around the world, including China, the US, India and the EU, are fueling deforestation by subsidizing factory farms – a new report from...
Moving Commodities, Creating Value: MSC’s Role in Africa’s Cocoa Supply Chain
Cocoa remains one of Africa’s most traded and valuable agricultural commodities, sustaining millions of farmers and keeping global supply chains running. Côte d’Ivoire and...
Africa launches first major summit to advance inclusive biodiversity governance
From 2–5 November 2025, the African Union Commission (AUC) and its member states will convene the inaugural Africa Biodiversity Summit under the theme “Leveraging...
Liberia Set to Lead ECOWAS Agricultural Transformation as The African Diaspora Collective Worldwide Launches...
The African Diaspora Collective Worldwide (TADC) is igniting a new era of agricultural transformation in Liberia as Ambassador H.E. Davisha L. Johnson arrives in-country for a...
Over 600 African Faith Leaders Demand Reparations from Gates Foundation, Call for Shift to...
A powerful continental call for justice is rising from Africa’s faith communities. Well over 600 faith leaders from across the continent have signed a...
Modernizing Post-Harvest Storage: Technologies That Slash Crop Losses in Rural Areas
Post-harvest crop losses continue to pose a major challenge for African rural farmers. A successful harvest can quickly turn into a financial setback without...
Corteva champions innovation and partnership
Sub-Saharan Africa faces growing challenges to food security as shifting weather patterns, soil degradation and resource constraints disrupt traditional farming systems. Rising temperatures of...
Kenyan Students Turn Cow Dung into Clean-Cooking Briquettes for Rural Homes
For many years, farm wastes such as dried leaves, stems, sawdust, paddy husk, groundnut hull, and coir pith have been difficult to manage and...
Tanzanian Women Lead Coastal Transformation Through Climate-Resilient Seaweed Farming
Women seaweed farmers along Tanzania’s coast are transforming one of the country’s oldest marine traditions into a climate-resilient, income-generating enterprise that is reshaping livelihoods...
IFAD launches sorghum mechanization pilot to boost smallholder incomes in Zimbabwe
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in collaboration with the Government of Zimbabwe and private sector partners, has launched the pilot phase of...