African Agriculture and Food Systems
AGRA (formerly known as Alliance for Green Revolution) is pleased to announce an important update concerning our organization’s name change. This rebrand aligns with our new strategy, which will be our roadmap for future success for African farmers, centered around Sustainably Growing Africa’s Food Systems. For over 15 years, AGRA has been at the forefront […]
The Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania, His Excellency Dr. Philip Mpango, has condemned the land invasion trend and changed the land use specifically reserved for Agricultural Research. The Vice President issued these directives today, on August 1, 2023, while opening the National Nane Nane Exhibitions taking place at the John Mwakangale grounds […]
The Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture (CALA), an initiative of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), is now accepting applications for its third cohort of the Advanced Leadership Programme. The programme is a 16-month leadership development program designed to equip senior and rising leaders in Africa’s agriculture sector with the skills […]
Moshi, Kilimanjaro, 28th February – 02 March 2023 The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Tanzania office successfully completed three-day quality seed production training to accelerate genetic gain and create awareness and demand for good quality seeds of improved, climate-resilient, and high-yielding rice varieties. The training combined theoretical and practical sessions and was organized in partnership […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
Delegates graduate from prestigious leadership programmes targeting change makers from government, civil society and the private sector [Nairobi, 8 December 2022]: 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]