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“20 African countries – 12 from north Africa and eight from sub-Saharan Africa – thrown into jeopardy due to a sudden break in the flow of wheat, maize, soybean and rice from the black-sea region”

Dr. Nwafor: The Green Deal Could Help Address Africa’s Food Security Challenges The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has brought about new complexities in the global supply of staple food items and inputs like fertilizer, affecting many African countries.  According to AGRA’s Vice President for Policy and State Capability, Dr. Apollos Nwafor, at least 20 […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

Hon. Anthony Peter Mavunde

AGRA’s Centre of Excellence for Seed Systems in Africa (CESSA) seeks to have Africa’s agriculture researchers to solve smallholder farmers’ woes

Dar es Salaam, 06/Nov/2022 Tanzania’s Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Hon. Anthony Peter Mavunde, has underscored the need for agriculture researchers and scientists in Africa to ensure they are more active in scaling up the adoption and use of agricultural technologies among small-scale farmers. It would solve myriad problems facing smallholder farmers in Tanzania and across […]

T-Hakiki: preventing the sale of input  counterfeits with mobile technology takes root in Tanzania

Tanzania- East Africa’s agriculture powerhouse has made a lot of strides in controlling the sale and use of uncertified input, thanks to public and private partnerships geared to transforming smallholder farmers to commercialization. According to  Mr. Patrick Ngwediagi, the Director-General of TOSCI (Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute) anyone doing seed business in Tanzania must have […]

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

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 […]

Daily News: Tanzania Eyes to Boost Rice Yields

By Henry Lyimo, Daily News, TanzaniaTHE government is keen to adopt policy measures that will boost rice production to sustain self sufficiency of the food and commercial crop and meet growing demand of the staple food in the regional market. The Director of Crops Development in the Ministry of Agriculture, Nyasebwa Chimagu said yesterday the […]

Minister of Agriculture, Hussein Bashe

BBT-YIA Opportunities for Tanzania’s Youth and Women in Agriculture

Date: October 20, 2022 Tanzania’s agriculture sector, while historically vital, faces a pressing challenge: engaging the nation’s youth. As agriculture accounts for 66.6% of employment and contributes 26.1% to the national GDP, it’s crucial to address this issue. The “Building a Better Tomorrow: Youth and Women Initiative for Agribusiness” (BBT-YIA) emerges as a transformative force […]

Bloomberg TV plans to expand coverage in Africa.

To add live reporting from Johannesburg, Kigali, Lagos and Nairobi Bloomberg Media to bring additional local programming to the region Bloomberg plans to expand its TV presence in Africa to serve the growing audience of business and financial news consumers based on the continent or interested in the region as an agent of global markets. […]

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