“VP Harris—We Don’t Want Industrial Ag Investments in Africa”
US Vice President Harris recently traveled to a number of countries in Africa. Her aim: To encourage US investment to increase output, drive innovation...
Grain prices skyrocket in Malawi after Cyclone Freddy
Prices of food, especially grain in Malawi have skyrocketed following the devastation caused by tropical storm Cyclone Freddy early this month resulting in markets...
Kenyan graduate finds sustenance in raising seedlings after wrestling life from grip of alcohol...
Had Anthony Kiptoo Rono known that the first sip of liquor he took as a cheeky activity during a birthday party of a sister...
IFAD officials to meet government authorities and small-scale farmers in Angola
With over 50 per cent of its population living near the coastline, amid rapid population growth and environmental and socio-economic impacts, Angola is a...
International Potato Center unveils late blight-resistant potato for Kenya and Nigeria
The International Potato Center (CIP) is working on providing market access to genetically engineered potato varieties with complete resistance to late blight disease for...
The EU and IFAD join forces to support resilient and sustainable food systems
With a global food crisis aggravated by the war in Ukraine, the intensification of climate change and many countries at risk of debt distress,...
US trainee engineers set-up US$25 000 eco-friendly school biogas digester
A mission school in Mutoko, Zimbabwe, Nyadire Central Primary School has teamed up with US-based engineering students at Carnegie Mellon University to install a...
Protecting African Farms From Flooding
Agriculture dominates sub-Saharan Africa. Although 52% of all employed people in this region are connected to farming, the continent has the lowest agricultural productivity...
IFAD loan of 5 million euros to Mauritania to help strengthen the resilience of...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have signed a loan agreement for 5 million...
Germany contributes €25 million to boost food security in four Eastern Africa countries
The Government of Germany through the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has contributed €25 million to provide access to food and other...