According to the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database, agriculture contributes almost 20% to Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy, making it the region’s most significant economic sector. Africa is also home to 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land, indicating that the continent has enormous potential for agricultural growth. Cassava is Africa’s most produced cash crop, ...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has confirmed a $13.5 million equity investment in the AGRI3 Fund. This funding mechanism supports the development of sustainable agriculture and forest conservation. The Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) $13.5 million investment is being made through Conservation International, one of its partner agencies. This equity investment will enable the AGRI3 Fund ...

FAO has welcomed a $34.4 million contribution from the Government of Japan to deliver a wide range of assistance to improve the food security and nutrition of people in emergency settings, including internally displaced people, refugees and others affected by insecurity and natural hazards. The contribution will fund 17 country and regional projects; including four ...

Start-ups in Africa have increasingly been accessing more financing in seed, early-stage and late-stage capital, signalling an improving investment landscape on the continent’s budding companies. However, start-ups in the most crucial sectors are still lagging behind. Latest reports indicate that last year, African start-ups attracted unprecedented amounts of funding from venture capitals, hubs and accelerators ...

This agricultural production is largely reliant on the effort and output of smallholder and subsistence farmers, who produce as much as 80% of the food in sub-Saharan Africa according to the World Food Programme. Unfortunately, these farmers face a wide range of challenges. Research from a Vodacom commissioned Africa.connected policy paper highlights that smallholder farmers ...

BLT WORLD specialists work in conjunction with the global ScrapeTec team, to offer dependable solutions for specific problems at the transfer points of conveyor systems in many industries where dust and material spillage are concerns, including the sugar sector “The risk of explosions caused by sugar dust emissions on conveyor belts in sugar production is ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) called for innovative drought financing mechanisms to help deal with the rising frequency and severity of drought events amid intensifying climate extremes that often damage fragile communities the most. “The lack of adequate, timely and innovative financial resources remains a major barrier to proactive and ...

A Scientist, Ernest Aubee has expressed dismay over lack of financial investment on unexplored land for the development of ecological organic farming. Aubee, who is the Champion of Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in West Africa, said this in Abuja, during a virtual presentation on Agenda for Transformation of Ecological Organic Agriculture in Africa: Practical Options,’ ...

Agriculture makes up 35% of Africa’s GDP and employs about half of its people, but the continent still imports billions of dollars of agri-product every year. Under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, Africa’s need to import so much will be reduced, and domestic processing capacity boosted massively. The benefits of the AfCFTA ...

Morocco’s strawberry exports have hit a new historical record, generating between $40 and $70 million annually, according to recent data from East Fruit. Although the export volume of fresh strawberries is lower than that of frozen strawberries, fresh raspberries, and blueberries, fresh strawberries remain one of Morocco’s top 10 most exported goods. In 2022, the ...