Lilongwe, Malawi//– In Malawi, like many African countries, inequality persists as a significant challenge, particularly in the agricultural sector. Despite being largely agrarian economies, smallholder farmers in Malawi face immense disparities in access to inputs and other farming services, market opportunities, and socio-economic benefits.
Accra, Ghana//- The Government of Ghana, in consultation with stakeholders, has reviewed upwards the Producer Price of cocoa for the rest of the 2023/24 crop year.
Surveying the stripped landscape of her farm – dotted with pools of cyanide-tainted, tea-coloured wastewater left by illegal gold miners – is enough to make Janet Gyamfi break down.
Ghana’s Gross International Reserves (GIR) excluding Encumbered Assets and Petroleum Fund increased by 9.99% in the first two months of 2024 to $4.02 billion in February 2024.
Washington, US// — The World Bank Board of Directors today approved an additional $40 million in IDA* grants to the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR** Climate Research for Africa project (AICCRA), a significant step towards advancing climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and addressing critical gaps in climate resilience and food security in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, and […]
Kenya-// AGRA (https://AGRA.org) has today released the 3rd edition of the ‘African Agribusiness Outlook Report’ which sheds light on the impact of the “Triple Crisis” – Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict – on small and medium-sized agribusinesses in Nigeria, Zambia, and Tanzania. Download Document 1: https://apo-opa.co/3wFHDt7 Download Document 2: https://apo-opa.co/49GruT3 The report, which is jointly […]
NEW YORK, United States of America// — UN Women’s approaches to Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in Sudan are focused on enhancing the productive capacities and the productivity of women.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast// — Meeting in Abidjan on 14 February 2024, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved a loan of $117.9 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo to implement the Project to Support Governance and Skills Development in support of the Agriculture Transformation Programme (PTA).
Rome, Italy// — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded a three-week long training for Farmer Field Schools (FFS) Facilitators to contribute towards curbing the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the poultry value chain in Zimbabwe.
Kampala, Uganda – Africa’s agrifood sector holds significant untapped potential to deliver jobs and livelihoods for the continent’s rapidly growing youth population, according to a new report.
