African Agriculture and Food Systems
The Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture (CALA), an initiative of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), is now accepting applications…
Moshi, Kilimanjaro, 28th February – 02 March 2023 The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Tanzania office successfully completed three-day quality seed production training to…
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 17th March 2023 – Her Excellency Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, has today officially launched Africa’s…
Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, has launched Africa’s Food System Forum 2023, the premier platform for advancing the…
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: Samia stresses agri-10/30 agenda, SAGCOT Africa-Press – Tanzania. PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan made assurance of achieving a 10 per cent annual growth…
Dar es Salaam Tanzania / Washington DC, USA, 13 December 2022 – Tanzania will host the AGRF 2023 Summit. The announcement was made by…
Delegates graduate from prestigious leadership programmes targeting change makers from government, civil society and the private sector [Nairobi, 8 December 2022]: Forty food systems…
The MoU facilitates the collaboration of AGRA and the government of Barbados in championing solutions for agri-food systems transformation and climate action in Africa…
Release: 9 Nov, 10:00 (CET +1) VEVEY, Switzerland: November 9, 2022 – Nestlé announced today that it is partnering with the Africa Food Prize to help…
8 October 2022 Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization KALRO takes this opportunity to thank H. E. President Hon William Samoei Ruto following the…
Sharm El Sheikh, November 03, 2022 – AGRA’s Board Chair, H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn and AGRA’s President, Dr. Agnes Kalibata, will be leading a delegation…
Generation Africa awards US$100,000 to two young agripreneurs from Kenya and Uganda in the fourth annual GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition at the African Green…
Second cohort of 80 leaders from 8 countries to be unveiled as delegates gather for the first in-person Leadership Forum Monday 5th September 2022…
Dar es Salaam, 30/08/2022 In the runup to one of the largest agriculture forums in the world, AGRF, Tanzania’s Minister of Investment, Industry and…
Together with the Government of Ethiopia, AGRA designed three flagship programs to address critical gaps in wheat, rice, edible oil and animal feed availability…
Malawi launches Agribusiness Deal Room ahead of the 2022 AGRF in Rwanda The launch was led by the Minister for Agriculture, Lobin Lowe, MP…
Dar es Salaam, 07/08/2022 Tanzania under the leadership of President Samia Suluhu Hassan has placed agriculture at the top of the agenda, thus it’s…
H.E. Dessalegn paid a courtesy call to H.E. Chakwera to discuss matters around food system transformation H.E. Dessalegn pitched a Malawian Agricultural Transformation Agency,…
H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn was in Zambia on a three-day visit that saw him attend the fourth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union, Regional Economic…
Ministers of Africa and the Americas hold first summit to enhance cooperation on agrifood issues The meeting, to be held on 27, 28 and…
As fertilizer costs rise, it is high time to promote the availability and increased use of quality organic alternatives. To help meet this…
The arrival of a tractor in the small farming community of Luhindo in Tanzania’s Kilolo district feels to local residents like “a revolution” according…
MAPUTO, Mozambique: May 31, 2022 – Former Tanzania President and Board member of AGRA, H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, has just completed a week-long tour of…
AGRA and Microsoft, through its Africa Transformation Office, signed an MoU for further partnership in Davos The organizations will leverage their success from a…