Madam Winnie Osulah, Lead for Gender Integration at AGRA. At a recent AGRA convening in Accra, Madam Winnie Osulah, Lead for Gender Integration at AGRA, issued a strong call for African governments to move beyond policy drafting and toward concrete implementation of gender-responsive agricultural strategies. Her message was clear: without targeted delivery, the continent risks ...

Dr Betty Annan, AGRA’s country director, urged Africa’s young people to take an active leadership role in transforming the continent’s food systems at the 2025 Agricultural Innovation for Africa Conference organised by the Kosmos Innovation Center. She called on youth to experiment, innovate and reshape how food is produced, traded and sustained, arguing that Africa’s ...

Singapore – 25th September 2025 – Olam Agri, a leading global agribusiness in food, feed and fibre, and AGRA, Africa’s leading partnership-driven institution for agricultural transformation, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) intended to scale up sustainable food and feed value chains in Nigeria and Ghana, with future expansion across Africa. This MoU marks ...

Dakar, Senegal  In response to declining soil fertility and stagnant yields, African leaders have launched the Fertilizer Industry Development Association (FIDA) during the Africa Food Systems Forum. The initiative is backed by AUDA-NEPAD, AGRA, and the African Union, and aims to improve access to quality fertilizers while promoting sustainable soil management. AU Commissioner Moses Vilakati ...

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has officially launched the Africa Food Systems Report 2025 at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Dakar, marking a turning point in how the continent approaches food and agriculture. For more than a decade, AGRA’s Africa Agriculture Status Report provided critical insights into the continent’s agricultural performance. This year, however, the organization ...

By Brandon Moss  The Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 opened this week in Dakar, Senegal, with a strong focus on youth leadership and innovation in agriculture. The three-day summit brings together policymakers, agribusiness leaders, researchers, and farmers to chart a path toward sustainable and inclusive food systems across the continent. “This is Africa’s moment to ...

Joel Bisoma checks the growth of Lingzhi, or Ganoderma lucidum, cultivated with Juncao technology at his farm in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Emmanuel Herman) NAIROBI, June 26 — Agriculture experts and policymakers gathered in Nairobi this week to spotlight the transformative role of China-Africa cooperation in driving agricultural innovation and rural development ...

By Boaz Blackie Keizire As Africa approaches the SDGs deadline, the next five years are critical for making substantial progress in transforming its food systems. This year in July and in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Africa is privileged to host the second United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake, another stocktaking moment, 4 years after the UN ...

By Buertey Francis BORYOR Country Director of AGRA Ghana, Dr. Betty Annan, has highlighted the significant impact of the African-led institution’s VALUE4HER initiative, a leading platform supporting women in agribusiness across the continent. Speaking at this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) event in Accra, she revealed that over 10,000 women from 50 African countries, including ...

By Gloria Anderson The Country Director of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Ghana, Dr Betty Annan, has called for greater investments and policy support to empower women in agribusiness, stressing their critical role in transforming Africa’s food systems. Speaking at an event in Accra to commemorate International Women’s Day, Dr Annan highlighted the ...