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Tanzania President launches Africa’s Food System Forum 2023, calls for inclusion of youth and women as critical drivers of Africa’s food systems agenda

March 18, 2023
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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 Food System Forum 2023, Africa’s premier platform for advancing the agriculture and food systems agenda on the continent, at State House, Tanzania. The theme of this year’s Forum – Recover, Regenerate, Act:  Africa’s Solutions to Food…

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Tanzania President Launches Africa’s Food System Forum 2023, Calls for Inclusion of Youth and Women as Critical Drivers of Africa’s Food Systems Agenda

March 18, 2023
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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 agriculture and food systems agenda on the continent. The theme of this year’s Forum – Recover, Regenerate, Act: Africa’s Solutions to Food Systems Transformation – is anchored around building back better Food Systems and Food…

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Tanzania to host the AGRF, Africa’s Food System Forum 2023

December 13, 2022
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Dar es Salaam Tanzania / Washington DC, USA, 13 December 2022 – Tanzania will host the AGRF 2023 Summit.  The announcement was made by Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, the president of the United Republic of Tanzania and H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, the Chair of the AGRF Partners Group on the sidelines of the U.S. Africa Leaders’ Summit currently taking…

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60 African food systems leaders complete the inaugural Advanced Leadership Programme by AGRA’s Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture (CALA)

December 10, 2022
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Group photo from 60 African food systems leaders complete inaugural Advanced Leadership Programme of AGRA’s Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture

Delegates graduate from prestigious leadership programmes targeting change makers from government, civil society and the private sector  : Forty food systems leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Ethiopia have graduated from the AGRA-led Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture’s (CALA) Advanced Leadership Programme in Nairobi, Kenya.   They were awarded certificates in the Advanced Leadership Programme for Africa’s Food Security and…

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AGRA, Barbados Government sign MoU for collaboration on Africa-Americas agri-food system transformation

November 11, 2022
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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 and the Caribbean KIGALI, Rwanda: November 11, 2022 –  The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, The Hon. Kerrie Symmonds and the President of AGRA, Dr. Agnes Kalibata have today signed a Memorandum…

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Nestlé partners with Africa Food Prize to strengthen food security and climate change resilience

November 9, 2022
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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 accelerate the transformation of food systems in Africa, as a way of strengthening the continent’s food security and building greater climate change resilience. The Africa Food Prize awards USD 100,000 to individuals and institutions pioneering…

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Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization KALRO thank Ruto following the lift of a 10-year ban on Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) imports and cultivation in Kenya

November 8, 2022
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8 October 2022 Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization KALRO takes this opportunity to thank H. E. President Hon William Samoei Ruto following the lift of a 10-year ban on Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) imports and cultivation in Kenya. What needs to be told is that the lifting of this ban is as a result of a real need…

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AGRA’s Board Chair, H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn and President, Dr. Agnes Kalibata at COP27

November 3, 2022
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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 to the UN Climate Change Conference, COP27. At COP27, AGRA will be advocating for the inclusion of food systems in climate change discussions to address the needs of smallholder farmers for adaptation and resilience when…

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US$200,000 for two young agripreneurs from Kenya and Uganda

September 8, 2022
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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 Revolution Forum Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. Kigali, Rwanda – After impressive on-stage pitches to an expert panel of judges earlier this week, Esther Kimani founder of FarmerLifeLine Technologies in Kenya and Mark Musinguzi founder of…

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Africa’s food systems need to be reimagined – CALA forum to chart ways forward

September 6, 2022
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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 Food and agriculture leaders from across Africa are gathered in Rwanda today to advance action for food systems transformation on the continent. The two-day forum themed Collaborative Leadership: Advancing African Food Systems, isorganised by the Centre for African…

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