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African cattle investing
Cattle have long been considered a measure of wealth across Africa - but it is not just farmers cashing in....
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Indigenous foods to alleviate nutrition crisis in Southern Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the New Partnership for Africa's Development of...
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Agrotop to build a large-scale breeding farm in Nigeria
Agrotop, one of the leading global players in livestock turnkey projects, has announced to build a large-scale pullet and breeding...
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Global firms sign deal to improve food quality and agricultural sustainability
The transaction includes the exchange of all shares of Corteva's wholly-owned subsidiary Taxon Biosciences along with an equity investment by...
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AGCO makes an investment for Future Farm training facility in Zambia
This was announced on 31 July 2019 at the 150 ha farm outside Lusaka by Gary Collar, AGCO senior vice-president...
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- Team Europe partners with Equity Bank to support Kenyan business and agriculture amid COVID-19Download logoThe European Union and the European Investment Bank, working together as Team Europe, are providing EUR 120 million (KES 15.8 billion) of new support for Equity Bank to enhance financing to Kenyan companies most impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The financing package will support access to finance at appropriate conditions for Kenyan SMEs, including […]
- FAO organized a workshop in Ouagadougou “AgrInvest - Enabling inclusive and efficient private sector investments in the Burkinabè agri-food systems”Download logoThe AgrInvest initiative of FAO aims at attracting private investments into agri-food systems aligned with the SDGs by leveraging public funds. Under AgrInvest, FAO is implementing the project “AgrInvest-Food Systems ” (AgrInvest-FS) to foster sustainable investments in agri-food systems in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Niger, which contribute to sustainable economic growth and boost rural […]
- The African Development Bank: a strategic partner in developing resilience and sustainable energy in the Sahel regionDownload logoThe Sahel Alliance will hold its second general assembly in N'Djamena, Chad on Monday, 15 February 2021. The meeting will take place on the side-lines of a summit for the G5 Sahel countries— Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad—as well as France. The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) played an active role in the formation […]
- R12.6 million in funding awarded to 17 of South Africa’s most promising Social Innovators[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wITZdZL0pR0&w=854&h=480]Meat Naturally and Agricool Finance were awarded joint first place in the 10th Annual Social Innovation Awards, while Leafline Washable Sanitary Wear scooped first place in the Disability Empowerment Awards. All three winners were awarded R1.3 million in grant funding. A total amount of R12.6 million in grant funding and business development support was given […]
- Joint communiqué on the critical desert locust situation and emergency response in SomaliaOn 3 February 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Federal Government of Somalia, Federal member state (FMS) ministers from Jubaland, Hirshabelle and South West States, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a meeting in Mogadishu to deliberate and agree on immediate actions to address the critical desert locust situation in the […]
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