Food
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AfricaRice and CIMMYT Join Forces to Strengthen Southern Africa’s Food Systems
AfricaRice and CIMMYT are exploring deeper scientific cooperation to strengthen agricultural resilience and accelerate food-system transformation across Southern Africa. The partnership gained momentum during ... -
East Africa Faces Growing Food Security Risk After Failed Rains
By Brandon Moss Large parts of East Africa are heading towards a difficult harvest after one of the region’s poorest June-to-September rainy seasons in ... -
Nigeria Turns to Dry-Season Farming Finance to Strengthen Year-Round Food Production
Nigeria is moving to strengthen year-round agricultural production through a new financing partnership between the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and the All-Farmers Association of ... -
Nigeria Says Higher Farm Productivity, Not More Land, Is Key to Food Security
Nigeria will need to increase agricultural productivity through better knowledge, technology and extension services rather than relying mainly on expanding farmland, Minister of Agriculture ... -
Nigeria Launches AgriConnect Compact to Link Farmers, Finance and Markets
Nigeria has launched the AgriConnect Compact, a national initiative designed to strengthen agricultural value chains by connecting production with infrastructure, research, finance, processing, logistics ... -
South Africa Targets New Markets to Expand Macadamia Exports
South Africa is looking to expand its macadamia exports by opening new markets, addressing tariff barriers and improving logistics, as the country seeks to ... -
Djibouti Targets Food Imports Through New Agriculture Investment Plan
By: Brandon Moss Djibouti has launched an agriculture investment roadmap aimed at reducing the country’s heavy reliance on food imports while creating jobs and ... -
Agriculture Summit Africa 2026 Engages 300 Smallholder Farmers on Climate-Smart Farming
Agriculture Summit Africa 2026 has taken its message to the grassroots, engaging more than 300 smallholder farmers in Iseyin, Oyo State, Nigeria, ahead of ... -
Nigeria Resumes Onion Exports to Ghana
Nigeria has resumed onion exports to Ghana after the National Onion Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NOPPMAN) lifted its suspension on cross-border ... -
Africa’s Agricultural Growth Depends on Sustainable and Accountable Standards
Africa’s rapidly growing population is creating both an urgent food-security challenge and a major opportunity to transform the continent’s agricultural economy. With more than ...
