Research Institute wins 2021 Africa Food Prize
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded the 2021 Africa Food Prize,…
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Agroecology can address food systems failures – new IFAD report
In its first comprehensive assessment of agroecology, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced today that 60…
Nigeria to create special agro-industrial processing zones
Nigeria’s Federal and State governments have expressed overwhelming support for an initiative to create Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones…
Public development banks’ financing sustainable, equitable food systems
Creating sustainable and equitable food systems that benefit the world’s most vulnerable people will require substantial investments –…
Small-scale producers at centre of food systems’ transformation
Food systems must radically change, and the needs of rural people must be at the centre, according to…
IFAD helps Guinea to recover from COVID-19 effects
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide the Republic of Guinea with a grant to improve…
EU donates 42 vehicles to support coffee development in Ethiopia
The European Union (EU) donated today 42 cars worth 1.3 million Euros to support coffee sector development in…
Ethiopia to develop $94 million groundwater irrigation
Ethiopian Irrigation Commission and Korea Rural Community Cooperation (KRCC) today signed a $94 million groundwater irrigation project to…
Zimbabwe launches blockchain-based livestock origin solution
E-Livestock Global today launched a first-of-its kind solution powered by Mastercard’s blockchain-based Provenance (source) solution, empowering Zimbabwean farmers…
African Risk Capacity Group partners with Centre for Disaster Protection
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the Centre for Disaster Protection have entered into a partnership agreement…
Mozambique launches project to boost aquaculture
Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique, launched a new project to reduce poverty and increase…
Burkina Faso releases its first pearl millet hybrid
Burkina Faso recently approved the commercial use of its first pearl millet hybrid called Nafagnon.
Bioceres Crop’s drought tolerant soybean receives approval
Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp., a fully-integrated global provider of crop productivity solutions designed to enable the transition of…
IFAD named top development aid agency
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has just been ranked as number one by the highly regarded…
EU, IFAD to support Ethiopian rural financial institutions
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the European Union (EU) is set to provide EUR26.5 million…
Tractor Supply Company donates $200,000
Tractor Supply Company, the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, donated $200,000 to Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation…
Invasive alien species cost Africa $3.6 trillion
Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) scientists have conducted the first comprehensive study on the economic impact…
IFAD to help 23,900 vulnerable South Sudanese
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is set to provide funding to assist 23,900 vulnerable rural people…
Why agriculture is promising investment in Ethiopia
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – As the saying goes, problem and shortage are opportunities for business and investment.…
ATA receives Mercy Corps AgriFin ALE Awards 2021
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) has received two awards in two categories at the Agri Fin ALE Awards…
Ethiopia inaugurates agroindustry park
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia today inaugurated the state owned Bulbula Integrated Agro-Industry Park, which aims to…
African countries to double agricultural productivity
A coalition of multilateral development banks and development partners has pledged over $17 billion in financing on Friday…
AGRA launches center for Africa’s agriculture leaders
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), with support from the German Development Cooperation through KfW…
Empowering women, girls to ensure sustainable food security
Hunger and famine will persist and there will be unequal recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Ethiopia to convert cloud into rain using iodine
To boost its agricultural production and become food self-sufficient, the Government of Ethiopia is set to use the…
Boortmalt to benefit 50,000 barley farmers in Ethiopia
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – Boortmalt, the French international malt factory operating in five continents with 27 plants,…
French malt factory in Ethiopia begins production
Built in Debre Birhan Industry Park in Amhara region of Ethiopia and owned by the French Boortmalt, a…
Ethio Lease distributes combine harvesters in Ethiopia
Ethio Lease, Ethiopia’s first privately-held and foreign-owned equipment leasing company, presented 85 combine harvesters to beneficiaries, including 10…
Ethiopian American company eyes partner to diversify agribusiness
To diversify its existing agribusiness in Ethiopia, an Ethiopian – American company, ETHAMCO LLC, says it is open…
Africa loses millions of dollars to aflatoxins
By Tandong Calistus Jong – Africa cumulatively loses more than 670 million US Dollars annually in lost exports…