Category: Agriculture

Across Africa, smallholder farmers sit at the heart of the continent’s food systems, yet many remain trapped in cycles of low productivity, limited access to markets, and financial exclusion.

Geneva, Switzerland// — With an agricultural sector that employs more than 909,000 households, according to ANSD, organising Senegal’s producers into well-equipped, operational cooperatives is a key lever for achieving the goals of the Senegal Vision 2050.

Nairobi, Kenya// – The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is deploying advanced data and AI-driven modelling to boost soil nutrient management, soil health, and improve farmer productivity in West Africa, a region experiencing recurrent nutrient depletion due to unsustainable farming practices and injudicious fertiliser use.

Abidjan, Ivory Coast// — Launched in 2017 and completed in 2024, the Cashew Development Support Project in the Comoé Basin for REDD+ (PADA/REDD+) exemplified sustainable development.

Accra, Ghana//-It is a daily ritual to see young and aged farmers getting down to push vehicles and tricycles transporting their farm produce to the market centres due to poor roads, making prices of foodstuffs very expensive for people to afford.

Accra, Ghana// — African-led science and innovation are at the heart of efforts to transform agrifood systems across the continent. That was the central message of a dedicated side event held during the Regional Policy Dialogue on Strengthening South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) in Africa, organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United […]

Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama’s 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme represents Ghana’s most ambitious economic blueprint in decades.

In a bold move to protect their livelihoods, cocoa farmers operating under the Asunafo Cooperative Cocoa Farmers Union have begun mobilising in groups to actively drive away illegal miners, commonly known as ‘galamseyers’, who are devastating farmlands in the area.

 Boane District, Mozambique// — Solidaridad, in partnership with Kvuno, Hiveonline, HEINEKEN Mozambique, and the HEINEKEN Africa Foundation, has officially launched the Promoting Regenerative Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihoods (PRASL) project.

Dakar, Senegal// — The 2025 Regional Report on Food and Nutrition Security in the Sahel and West Africa reveals that nearly 52 million people in the region are affected by food insecurity.