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Nominations for Africa Food Prize 2022 opens

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022BEHAK

The Africa Food Prize committee today announced the launch for 2022 nominations for the Africa Food Prize, which awards $100,000 for the winner.

Ethiopia expands irrigation wheat farming

Ethiopia expands irrigation wheat farms

January 2, 2022January 3, 2022BEHAK

The number of regions in Ethiopia and volumes of land covered with irrigation wheat farming in has been showing an increase over the past few years.

Africa’s most populous country set to boost agriculture

December 15, 2021BEHAK

With the objective of impacting the lives of millions of people in Africa’s most populous country, the African Development Bank’s Board of Directors on Monday approved a $210 million loan to the Government of Nigeria.

Report focuses on African agrifood industry organizations

December 3, 2021BEHAK

The “Agri-Food Industry Organizations (AFIOs) as Change Agents” report has been launched today during a webinar organized by AGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and NewForesight.

Reducing aflatoxin in crops in Rwanda

November 19, 2021BEHAK

To help farmers and grain traders reduce the prevalence of aflatoxins in crops and grains in Rwanda, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and partners today launched two innovative pilot projects aimed at improving maize quality in the country.

Africa to experience steep drop in staple crops by 2050

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021BEHAK

Staple crops in eight African countries could decrease by as much as 80 percent by 2050 in some areas if temperatures continue to rise due to climate change.

High-level UN delegation to visit farmers in Egypt

October 24, 2021October 24, 2021BEHAK

A high-level delegation of Executive Board members and senior staff of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) began an official one-week visit to Egypt today, to observe the impact of IFAD’s investments in the country.

Pay enough for rural small-scale farmers IFAD boss urges

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021BEHAK

It is an outrage that rural small-scale farmers in developing countries, who grow a third of our global food, are paid a pittance for their work, said the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) who today asks world leaders attending the UN Food Systems Summit to take concrete actions to change this.

Global food systems must be disrupted and changed – new IFAD report

September 21, 2021BEHAK

Transforming global food systems to become more inclusive, fair and sustainable may seem an insurmountable challenge, yet there are concrete actions policymakers can take, according to a new report released by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today.

Research Institute wins 2021 Africa Food Prize

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021BEHAK

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded the 2021 Africa Food Prize, for work that has improved food security across 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Agroecology can address food systems failures – new IFAD report

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021BEHAK

In its first comprehensive assessment of agroecology, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced today that 60 percent of its projects use practices from this holistic approach to sustainable agricultural production.

Nigeria to create special agro-industrial processing zones

September 2, 2021BEHAK

Nigeria’s Federal and State governments have expressed overwhelming support for an initiative to create Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ).

Public development banks’ financing sustainable, equitable food systems

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021BEHAK

Creating sustainable and equitable food systems that benefit the world’s most vulnerable people will require substantial investments – by some estimates as much as US$350 billion per year over the next decade.

Small-scale producers at centre of food systems’ transformation

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021BEHAK

Food systems must radically change, and the needs of rural people must be at the centre, according to the UN Food systems pre-summit set to take place in Rome this week.

IFAD helps Guinea to recover from COVID-19 effects

July 1, 2021BEHAK

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide the Republic of Guinea with a grant to improve the resilience of more than 2,123 poor farming households trying to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, by ensuring rapid access to inputs, information, markets and cash.

EU donates 42 vehicles to support coffee development in Ethiopia

June 25, 2021

The European Union (EU) donated today 42 cars worth 1.3 million Euros to support coffee sector development in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia to develop $94 million groundwater irrigation

June 24, 2021BEHAK

Ethiopian Irrigation Commission and Korea Rural Community Cooperation (KRCC) today signed a $94 million groundwater irrigation project to be implemented in Oromia region.

Zimbabwe launches blockchain-based livestock origin solution

June 17, 2021BEHAK

E-Livestock Global today launched a first-of-its kind solution powered by Mastercard’s blockchain-based Provenance (source) solution, empowering Zimbabwean farmers to prove the origin and health records of their cattle, while reducing risks to buyers.

African Risk Capacity Group partners with Centre for Disaster Protection

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021BEHAK

The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the Centre for Disaster Protection have entered into a partnership agreement to mutually promote technical collaboration on capacity building, research, and advocacy.

Mozambique launches project to boost aquaculture

June 2, 2021BEHAK

Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique, launched a new project to reduce poverty and increase production and incomes through aquaculture for more than 88,000 rural small-scale fish farmers. The launch took place in Chitima, Tete Province.