U.S. Wheat Associates Vice President of Communications, Steve Mercer says they are currently working to promote us wheat to South Africa and Nigeria. “Russia and Ukraine are selling their wheat at below production costs. I’ve suspected this and we’ve suspected that for a long time, but men of course they are trying to fund the ...

By Yulia Bychkovska Ukrainian grain exports, especially wheat, make up a large portion of African grain imports. Before Russia’s full-scale invasion, in 2020, over 50 percent of fifteen African countries’ imports of wheat came from Ukraine and Russia. Moreover, for six of these countries (Eritrea, Egypt, Benin, Sudan, Djibouti, and Tanzania) more than 70 percent of their wheat imports came ...

In response to these vulnerabilities and impacts, it is essential that African countries develop adaptation and resilience building strategies to support their vulnerable farmers and agriculturally dependent communities. Africa, as a region, is particularly vulnerable and exposed to the negative impacts of climate change. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the continent’s particular vulnerability ...

Banque Mondiale/World Bank (Washington, DC) GUEST COLUMN By Ousmane Diagana, World Bank Vice President for Western and Central Africa In the heart of sub-Saharan Africa, amidst the fields of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria, I bore witness to something truly remarkable: the pioneering work being done to elevate agricultural productivity and ...

Nedbank is proud to have contributed R6,5 million for 20 young South Africans through its Enterprise and Supplier Development programme (ESD) to participate in the Enterprising Africa Regional Network (EARN) Agripreneur Development Programme, with the first cohort entering the programme in September 2023. The programme boasts a comprehensive 360° curriculum that is created to equip ...

Nigeria By Jimoh Babatunde The Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Wouter Plomp, said the country had once faced the challenges of feeding a growing population with limited resources, just like Nigeria is facing now. But added that with innovation they were able to overcome the challenges. “The Netherlands, though a small nation, has a long and proud ...

By IDN/By Jonathan Power Once again, the media is presenting us with images of the mother of all famines — stretching from Yemen to Somalia, to Sudan and South Sudan, to the Central African Republic, to northern Nigeria and, most recently, to Gaza. It’s a bad famine, but there have been bad famines in the not-so-distant ...

For Africa, a continent where the dream of feeding herself was elusive even before climate change, the future of agriculture is rather uncertain. “There’s a need for Africa to rethink her approach to agriculture,” Ambassador Gurjit Singh, Intellecap board chair, said recently during the 11th Sankalp Africa Summit 2024 held in Nairobi, Kenya. He added that for African agriculture, ...

Unleash innovation at Africa Agri Tech 2024 Africa Agri Tech 2024 focuses on the intersection between agriculture, science and technology and serves to connect the Southern African agricultural, scientific and technology communities at one event staged over three days. The event delivers premium insights coupled with best-in-class presenters and industry-leading exhibitors where visitors can explore ...

The time has come for a deliberate policy of government on sustainable food self-sufficiency in Nigeria for social safety and security. Food security-the availability, accessibility, and affordability to meet the dietary needs of individuals-is a critical global issue that cannot be treated with levity. Food is everything. It is national security, it’s the economy, it ...