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.
Category: Agriculture
World Bank Approves Extra $40M in IDA Grants to Advancing Climate-Smart Agric Technologies in Africa
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 […]
New SME Impact Report Advocates Enhanced Support for Agribusinesses to Navigate the “Triple Crisis”
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 […]
Enhancing the Capacities of Women in Agriculture in Sudan
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.
DR Congo: African Dev’t Bank to lend $117 Million to Support Agric Transformation
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).
Curbing Antimicrobial Resistance in the Poultry Value Chain Through the Farmer Field School Approach
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.
New Report Unlocks Job Opportunities for Young Africans in Food and Agriculture
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.
Burkina Faso, African Development Bank Launch Project to Bolster Food Security
Abidjan, Ivory Coast// — The government of Burkina Faso has officially launched an African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) supported project to bolster food security in the country against the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
ThriveAgric Targets 100,000 Farmers for 2023/2024 Dry Season Farming Cycle
Abuja, Nigeria //- ThriveAgric, Nigeria’s leading agricultural technology company, has flagged off the ThriveAgric 2023/2024 dry season farming cycle with the distribution of agricultural input, targeting over 100,000 smallholder farmers in northern Nigeria to facilitate the production of over 300,000MT of grains.
Ghana to Host Africa Food Bank Conference 2024
The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) is to convene the Africa Food Bank Conference 2024 in Accra, Ghana.