The United States International University-Africa has been selected as one of the ten recipients of an International Development Research Center (IDRC) COVID-19 rapid response initiative grant to document the pandemic's impact on food systems in sub-Saharan Africa. The research will be studying ...

Image courtesy of  CNBC Africa .  The African Development Bank returns as a top-tier partner of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) – Africa’s largest agriculture conference – to be held online for the first time from 8-11 September 2020, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tenth ...

Sweden, through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), has pledged funds to help avert a potential food crisis in some of the world’s most vulnerable rural communities in the wake of COVID-19, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ...

We are failing in our response to increasing hunger levels by focusing predominantly on humanitarian aid,  said Dominik Ziller, the new Vice President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) who took office today. “We know that COVID-19 is going to dramatically increase ...

The first SUN Pitch Competition was held in 2018 to showcase African SMEs working to improve access to nutritious food. 21 African and Asian entrepreneurs seeking to scale innovative approaches to bring improved nutrition to low income consumers in emerging markets are set to showcase their ...

Rural development projects financed and supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have helped to reduce rural poverty and increase rural entrepreneurship in Madagascar, according to a new report presented today. The report, prepared by IFAD’s Independent Office of ...

A new €82.6 million agricultural development project financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Morocco will help 11,200 vulnerable households to increase their productivity and incomes in the face of climate change. In Morocco, the agriculture ...

One of the world’s leading specialty fertilizer producers, the Dutch company Van Iperen International, which works exclusively with Milliken’s Liquitint™ Agro colorants in its NPK high quality fertilizer formulations, is now fully operational with its ...

Access to Seeds Index shows seed industry making slow progress in key regions, including Africa Thailand’s East-West Seed leads the way, followed by Syngenta and Bayer Lack of crop diversity a major constraint; hybrid seed dominates while legumes largely ignored Tanzania, South Africa ...

By Nita Karume : The African baobab is a remarkable species in the special way it grows multiple fused stems. This is in addition to its long lifespan. Furthermore, the oldest baobab tree from research analysis was found to be 2 500 years old. Nutrition Baobab trees have well over 200 uses. The ...